Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee structure shown in Appendix 1 be adopted with immediate effect; and

(b)       That the terms of reference shown in Appendix 2 be approved.

The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report and explained that at the Annual Meeting the previous year it had been resolved that there was a need for a review of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committees.

                        A politically balanced working group had been established and had met on 4 March and identified a preferred model for which terms of reference were then prepared by officers.  A report was then submitted to the Constitution Committee on 15 April which outlined the preferred model and the draft terms of reference for each Committee.

                        Councillor Robin Guest, as Chair of the Constitution Committee, formally moved approval of the recommendation, which was seconded by Councillor Neville Phillips.  Councillor Guest said the proposed structure had been supported unanimously at the Constitution Committee and he thanked the working group and officers for the work undertaken. 

                        Councillor Aaron Shotton said the new Organisational Change Overview and Scrutiny Committee would be a critical Committee due to the challenges faced by the Council and suggested that when nominations were considered by political groups for membership of this Committee, that the Members selected had an interest in change, efficiency and modernisation.

            RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee structure shown in Appendix 1 be adopted with immediate effect; and

            (b)       That the terms of reference shown in Appendix 2 be approved.