Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Wade

The minutes of the meetings of the Scrutiny Board held on 22 March 2016, 29 March 2016 and 26 April 2016 were agreed as a correct record.

There were no matters arising.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman outlined the new scrutiny process for the coming year, with an emphasis on tighter timescales, prioritisation of important topics and flexibility with topics and membership to Panels.

The Scrutiny Board was requested to appoint Scrutiny Leads and make appointments to the Scrutiny Panels.

It was RESOLVED that;

a)    Scrutiny Leads be appointed as set out in Appendix A to these minutes;

b)    Scrutiny and Policy Development Panels and the Scrutiny Leads Panel be appointed as set out in Appendix A to these minutes;

c)    Members of the Panels be appointed as set out in Appendix A to these minutes;

d)    The Board be responsible for the liaising with the Leader of the Council on future policies and work relating to his specific responsibilities and hold him to account on agreed action arising from previous scrutiny reviews relating to his specific responsibilities;

e)    For the purposes of Section 19 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 a sub-committee be appointed and called the “Crime and Disorder Panel” with responsibility to scrutinise the way in which persons and bodies responsible for tackling crime and disorder discharge their functions, with membership as set out in Appendix A to these minutes; and

f)       5 Councils Scrutiny Panel be appointed with membership as set out in Appendix A to these minutes.

The Scrutiny Board received a list of suggested scrutiny topics as identified by members. The Board held a detailed discussion on the suggested topics and gave an indication of the topics that would be a priority for the scrutiny work programme.

It was AGREED that;

a)    Scrutiny Leads complete the Scrutiny Topics Priority Matrix with their Panels at the first meeting of the Panel; and

b)    Scrutiny Panels discuss the suggested success criteria for 2016/17 to be set at the next meeting of the Scrutiny Board.