Agenda item

·  Scrutiny Improvement Review

It was moved by Councillor Gahir,

Seconded by Councillor Swindlehurst,

a)  “That the actions to date and next steps in the Scrutiny Improvement Action Plan at Appendix B be noted.

b)  That the findings of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny’s Scrutiny Improvement Review at Appendix A be noted.

c)  That the recommendations found in section 3 of the Scrutiny Improvement Review Feedback Report Letter be endorsed.

d)  That a Scrutiny Working Group be reconvened in order to make recommendations to council, as soon as practicable, about the detailed changes to Overview and Scrutiny, plus associated constitutional changes, and that consideration be given to recommending a second committee in addition to the proposed Corporate Improvement Scrutiny Committee.”

The recommendations were put to the vote and carried with 25 votes for and 8 abstentions.

Resolved  -

a)  That the actions to date and next steps in the Scrutiny Improvement Action Plan at Appendix B be noted.

b)  That the findings of the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny’s Scrutiny Improvement Review at Appendix A be noted.

c)  That the recommendations found in section 3 of the Scrutiny Improvement Review Feedback Report Letter be endorsed.

d)  That a Scrutiny Working Group be reconvened in order to make recommendations to council, as soon as practicable, about the detailed changes to Overview and Scrutiny, plus associated constitutional changes, and that consideration be given to recommending a second committee in addition to the proposed Corporate Improvement Scrutiny Committee.