Issue - meetings
Work Programme and Forward Plan
Meeting: 02/06/2015 - Scrutiny Committee (Item 6)
6 Scrutiny operating principles and preparation for the 2015/16 work programme 
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Background Information |
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The Scrutiny Committee operates within a work programme and this new Committee needs to start the process of setting this for the coming year.
The Committee will not be able to set the full programme at this meeting.
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Why is it on the agenda? |
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The Committee needs to agree: I. Its operating principles for 2015/16 II. Any items carried forward from the 2014/15 work programme III. Any new additions and priorities IV. Which Standing Panels it wishes to set and the membership of these
The operating principles document agreed in June 2014 for general working arrangements is attached. The Scrutiny Officer has suggested some changes for the Committee to consider for 2015/16.
Carried forward proposals are attached. The Committee is asked if it wishes to include these in outline.
All members have been asked to propose items or issues for review by scrutiny by 12 June. The final list will be available in on the agenda of the next Committee meeting. In the meantime, the Committee may wish to review the provisional list attached.
The Committee is asked to set a maximum of 2 Standing Panels for the year. Previously these have been:
Finance Panel Housing Panel
The Committee is asked if it wishes to reappoint these or change the focus. It has been suggested that, should the Committee agree to continue with a Housing Panel, its membership should be increased from 4 to 6 Councillors.
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Who has been invited to comment? |
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The Scrutiny Officer will present the item and support the Committee in its decision making.
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Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Scrutiny Officer presented the report.
Scrutiny Operating Principles 2015/16
In discussion the Committee agreed the following points:
· The Finance and Housing Standing Panels should continue in 2015/16;
· Membership of the Housing Panel should be increased to 6 councillors;
· Chairs of the Standing Panels would be elected at the first meeting of that Standing Panel;
· The timing of the Finance Panel meetings should be flexible so that if possible it could report back to the Scrutiny Committee on the budget proposals.
The Committee resolved to APPROVE the scrutiny operating principles for 2015/16 as listed in the report.
The Committee resolved to APPROVE that the following councillors should serve as members of the Finance and Housing Standing Panels in 2015/16:
· Finance Standing Panel: Cllrs Simmons, Hayes, Fry and Fooks.
· Housing Standing Panel: Cllrs Benjamin, Henwood, Hollick, Sanders, Smith and Wade.
2015/16 Work Programme
The Chair said that the 2015/16 Work Programme would be discussed and determined at the meeting on 30 June 2015. Members were asked to submit any further topics to the Scrutiny Officer by 12 June 2015. The Scrutiny Officer reminded the Committee that, if appropriate, some items on the work programme could be the subject of a member briefing session rather than a scrutiny review.