Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting i.e., 9am on Monday 15 April 2024.  Requests to speak should be sent to scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

The Committee is recommended to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 19 January 2024 and to receive information arising from them.

Councillor Dan Levy, Cabinet Member for Finance, Lorna Baxter, Executive Director (Resources), and Ian Dyson, Director of Finance Services have been invited to present the report submitted to and agreed by Cabinet on 19 March 2024.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the report having raised any questions on its contents, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

NB The Committee is being provided the same report as Cabinet; there is no additional Scrutiny report.

A Committee-requested item on Transformation. Councillor Liz Leffman, Leader of the Council, Stephen Chandler, Executive Director (People), and Mark Haynes, Director of Customer and Culture, including Transformation (interim) have been invited to present the report.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the report having raised any questions on its contents, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Lorna Baxter, Executive Director (Resources) will provide a brief verbal update on changes made to the Business Management and Monitoring Report, specifically in relation to budget monitoring. The Committee is recommended to ask any questions and NOTE the update.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress of previous recommendations and actions arising from previous meetings, having raised any questions on the contents.

NB This item is to follow.

The Committee is recommended to AGREE its work programme for forthcoming meetings, having heard any changes from previous iterations, and taking into consideration the Council’s Forward Plan and any issues arising.

Since the last meeting of the committee Cabinet has made response to the following sets of scrutiny recommendations:

-        Employee Engagement*

-        City Centre Accommodation Strategy

-        Capital Assets Disposal Process

-        Social Value

The Committee is asked to NOTE the response.

*This item also includes the response of the Head of Paid Service to those recommendations addressed to him.

In the event that any Member or Officer wishes to discuss the information set out in the restricted annex to Agenda Item 11, the Committee will be invited to resolve to exclude the public for the consideration of the annex by passing a resolution in the following terms:

"that the public be excluded during the consideration of the annex since it is likely that if they were present during that discussion there would be a disclosure of "exempt" information as described in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and specified below the item in the Agenda".

NOTE: The report does not contain exempt information and is available to the public

THE RESTRICED ANNEX TO THE ITEM NAMED HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC AND SHOULD BE REGARDED AS ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ BY MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THEM.

The Committee is recommended to APPROVE the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 19 January 2024 and to receive information arising from them.