Issue - meetings

12.30

Report by Policy and Performance Service Manager

The Scrutiny Annual report provides a summary of the work of the Council's overview and scrutiny function in 2018-19. This function includes the council's three Overview and Scrutiny Committees and any joint scrutiny arrangements. The report will be considered by the Audit and Governance Committee and the Performance Scrutiny Committee prior to Council.  

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to comment on the report prior to its presentation to Council for approval.

Recommendation agreed.

Ben Threadgold introduced the report.  He asked the Committee to note that the co-option of Anita Higham to the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee from September 2018 (Agenda Page 165, paragraph 6.23) has yet to be confirmed as a potential conflict of interest relating to her membership of other bodies needs to be resolved.

Members made the following suggestions:

·         the Performance Scrutiny Committee (PSC) needs to make better use of the annual session with the Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner with the areas to be discussed outlined in advance.

·         although the recommendations from the Cabinet Advisory Group looking at Home to School Transport will go to Cabinet, the PSC should request a report on the item given that this issue had been subject to a Call-in.

·         it was noted that there were inconsistencies in how the forward plans of the various scrutiny committees were presented in the report.

The Chairman asked about the expected timespan of Horton HOSC.  Ben Threadgold stated that it would continue only for the duration of the consultation process but there was no fixed timescale for that.

RESOLVED: to comment on the report prior to its presentation to Council for approval.