Work Programme Progress Report
Meeting: 15/06/2010 - Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 18)
18 Work Programme Progress Report 
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To consider a report of the Borough Solicitor.
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The Committee considered a report of the Borough Solicitor setting out a process to approve the work programme for 2010/2011.
This Committee at its meeting held on 19 April 2010 had approved a paper entitled ‘Strengthening the Scrutiny Function’ which proposed a more formal approach to the work programme setting process in 2010 to enable the views of Cabinet to be fed into the process. This approach had also been considered and endorsed by the Scrutiny Chairs Group. The main aim of the new approach was to share work programmes with colleagues in Cabinet and Corporate Management Team (CMT) at the outset, so that Overview and Scrutiny became an integral part of the corporate business planning process of the Council. Work programme items would subsequently be linked to relevant Corporate plan targets, and where appropriate, Performance Indicators and LAA targets.
It was intended that emerging work programmes of all five Overview and Scrutiny Committees would be presented to Cabinet informally in June, and then each Committee would formally endorse its work programme before the summer recess.
The committee was reminded that it needed to ensure that there was sufficient leeway to allow for additional activities throughout the year.
A schedule attached to the report, set out all existing items in the work programme.
Members were also requested to have regard to the emerging Corporate Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, both of which were currently in consultation stage and expected to be adopted by Council in July.
The Committee reviewed each work programme item and made the following comments
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Issue |
Description |
Comment |
Date |
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Grants to Voluntary Organisations |
Task and Finish group set up to offer advice to Cabinet on a fair and equitable system of allocating financial support and grants to the Voluntary and Community sector. |
Current review suspended to allow an officer working group to pull together a full picture of existing commitments from the demised authorities. The Committee to receive a progress report in the summer. This matter will now transfer to Sustainable Communities |
N/A |
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Budget |
Consultation group set up to review consultation arrangements for 2011/2012. |
The group guided the 2010/2011 consultation process, but its main body of work will be to determine consultation arrangements in subsequent years. The group is due to meet again on Friday 18 June |
Start June 2010 and ongoing |
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Sustainable Community Strategy |
Sustainable Communities, will now take the lead |
No action required Delete from this work programme |
N/A |
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LAP’s |
Sustainable Communities will now take the lead |
No action required Delete from this work programme |
N/A |
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Corporate Plan |
Sustainable Communities will now take the lead |
The future involvement of Corporate Scrutiny Committee queried. In meantime, Corporate Scrutiny be given an opportunity to comment on the plan. |
July 2010 |
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Local Development Framework |
Sustainable Communities will now take the lead |
No action required Delete from this work programme |
TBA |
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Video recording of Council Meetings |
Should the Council invest in providing broadcast facilities. |
The Committee considered interim report based upon experience of C & N ,recommended that no action ... view the full minutes text for item 18 |