Issue - meetings

(a)       That the Forward Work Programme be agreed as submitted with the addition of an item on a review of Speed Limits in due course;

(b)       That the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) provides a full update on the flood alleviation schemes to the Committee;

(c)        That the Committee supported the decision of the Chair to carry out a review of meetings of the Committee within the last municipal year to ensure that all Member questions have been answered and all requests responded to; and

(d)       That the Member Engagement Manager/Environment & Social Care Overview and Scrutiny facilitator, in consultation with the Chair and Officers be authorised to vary the Committee’s work programme between meetings.

The Member Engagement Manager introduced a report to enable the Committee to consider the Forward Work Programme.

Members reviewed the current programme and agreed that the following items be considered at the next meeting:

·         2014/15 Year end reporting and Data Submission

·         Review of Winter Maintenance

·         Highways Asset Management Planning and Local Subsidence Scheme

The Chair requested that an item on a review of speed limits be considered by the Committee at a future meeting.

In response to a request from Councillor Nancy Matthews, the Cabinet Member for Environment agreed that the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) would provide a full update on the flood alleviation schemes to the Committee.

The Chair indicated that she wished to ensure that the questions raised by the Committee were satisfactorily addressed.  She  explained that she had requested that a review of the meetings of the Committee within the last municipal year be undertaken to ensure that all Member questions had been answered and all requests responded to.  

The Member Engagement Manager commented on the Annual Meeting of the County Council to be held on 12 May 2015 and the recommended terms of reference to be provided for the new Overview & Scrutiny Committee structure.  He suggested that he and the Environment & Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair and Officers be authorised to vary the Committee’s work programme between meetings.

RESOLVED: 

 (a)      That the Forward Work Programme be agreed as submitted with the addition of an item on a review of Speed Limits in due course;

(b)       That the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) provides a full update on the flood alleviation schemes to the Committee;

(c)        That the Committee supported the decision of the Chair to carry out a review of meetings of the Committee within the last municipal year to ensure that all Member questions have been answered and all requests responded to; and

(d)       That the Member Engagement Manager/Environment & Social Care Overview and Scrutiny facilitator, in consultation with the Chair and Officers be authorised to vary the Committee’s work programme between meetings.