Issue - meetings

That the Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report attached as Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

The Member Engagement  Manager presented the draft Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report for the 2014/15 municipal year.  He advised that the Constitution Committee had considered and revised the Annual Report at its meeting held on 7 October 2015.  He advised that the final version of the Report was appended for consideration. 

The Member Engagement Manager took the opportunity to thank all who contributed to the overview and scrutiny function.  Councillor Robin Guest,  Chairman of the Constitution Committee, expressed his thanks to Councillor Neville Phillips for his valuable support as Vice-Chair of the Constitution Committee, and the Member Engagement Manager and his team, and Officers for their input into producing the Annual Report.  Councillor Guest moved approval of the report and this was duly seconded.

Councillor Mike Peers commented on the number of Call-In meetings held and suggested that the value of the Call-In process as part of the Council’s mechanism for scrutiny should be included in the Annual Report.  The Member Engagement Manager thanked Councillor Peers for his suggestion and agreed to add a feature on the use of the Call-In facility in the Annual Report.

Councillor Peers advised that there was a typographical error on page 146, paragraph 2, of the Report and the date 4 December 2015 should read ‘4 December 2014’.

Councillor Guest moved approval of the report and this was duly seconded.

                          Councillor Hilary Isherwood took the opportunity to reiterate her request, as previous Chair of the Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee, that representatives of Town and Community Councils continue to be invited to attend Committee workshops.

              RESOLVED:

That the Overview & Scrutiny Annual Report attached as Appendix 1 to the report be approved.