Issue - meetings

The decision made by the Sub Committee at its meeting on 15 July was called in and considered by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 26 August.  The recommendations arising from that meeting have been considered by the Sub Committee. 

It is not within the role of the Sub Committee to make recommendations on the recommendations it received and Cabinet is, therefore, now requested to approve the comments of the Sub Committee, and to respond to the Corporate Scrutiny Committee regarding consultation on matters that appear on the Forward Plan.

The minutes of the Sub Committee are attached to this agenda.  The reports considered by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee and by the Highways Sub Committee are available on the web site or can be requested from Democratic Services. 

The decision made by the Sub Committee at its meeting on 15 July had been called in and considered by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 26 August; the recommendations arising from that meeting were considered by the Sub Committee on 7 September 2010.  

At its meeting the Sub Committee had been advised that it was not within its role to make recommendations on the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee and it had, therefore, commented on each of the recommendations made.  Cabinet was now requested to approve those comments and to respond to the Corporate Scrutiny Committee regarding consultation on matters that appear on the Forward Plan.

The Corporate Scrutiny Committee had recommended that the overview and scrutiny committees be given an opportunity to be consulted on all matters that appear within the forward plan in a timely fashion.  In considering this recommendation the Leader of the Council advised that overview and scrutiny arrangements were in the process of being reviewed and that a draft paper included arrangements for regular meetings between Portfolio Holders and Scrutiny Chairmen, and scrutiny consideration of key decisions in the Forward Plan. 

RESOLVED

1. That the comments of the Transformation of Highways Services Sub Committee, contained in the minutes of its meeting on 7 September 2010, be endorsed.

2. That the Corporate Scrutiny Committee be advised that an overview and scrutiny procedure was currently being prepared and that it would include the involvement of overview and scrutiny in the consideration of key decisions contained in the Forward Plan.