Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer

The Audit and Governance Committee welcomed the findings and recommendations of the Future Council Governance Group.  Although the only recommendation that needs to be formally presented to Council is the one relating to the formation of the Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, members of the committee requested that the group’s full report be appended to the committee’s report to full Council.  

Council is RECOMMENDED

1.     To establish an Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee comprising nine elected members.  Terms of reference to follow.

2.     To note the work undertaken by the Future Council Governance Group including the findings and recommendations at paragraphs 35 to 40 of the report (please refer to the report at Annex 1).

Recommendations approved as amended:

1. To establish an Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee comprising nine elected members.

2. To approve the terms of reference for the Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee as indicated in the agenda supplement along with the related changes to the terms of reference for the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

3. To note the work undertaken by the Future Council Governance Group including the findings and recommendations at paragraphs 35 to 40 of the report (please refer to the report at Annex 1).

The Chair noted that the Audit and Governance Committee had welcomed the findings and recommendations of the Future Council Governance Group. Although the only recommendation that needed to be formally presented to Council was the one relating to the formation of the Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, members of the Audit & Governance Committee requested that the group’s full report be appended to the committee’s report to full Council.

The report was introduced and proposed by Councillor Stefan Gawrysiak, Chair of the Future Council Governance Group, and seconded by Councillor Roz Smith, Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee.  An amendment to the recommendations from the proposers was published in Addenda 2.

Councillor Charlie Hicks proposed and Councillor Duncan Enright seconded an amendment to add the word ‘Children’ to the title of the proposed new scrutiny committee.

Following debate, the amendment was lost with 13 votes in favour, 38 against and no abstentions.

Following further discussion, the recommendations, as amended by the proposers, were approved unanimously (52 votes in favour, 0 against and 0 abstentions).

RESOLVED:

1. To establish an Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee comprising nine elected members.

2. To approve the terms of reference for the Education and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee as indicated in the agenda supplement along with the related changes to the terms of reference for the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

3. To note the work undertaken by the Future Council Governance Group including the findings and recommendations at paragraphs 35 to 40 of the report (please refer to the report at Annex 1).