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RESOLVED:

(1)       That the report entitled Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/21 be noted;

(2)       That, subject to the following amendments, the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/21 be presented to Annual Council:

(i)         That a section be added to the Annual report regarding attendance and viewing figures

(3)       That the thanks of the Chair to all participants at and those supporting the work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings be formally recorded.

REASON FOR DECISION: To enable Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider and comment on the report of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding the work of the Committee in the 2020/2021 Civic Year prior to consideration by Council.

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Prior to the item being discussed, the Chair, noting that this was the last meeting of the Committee of the 2020/21 Civic Year, thanked all who had taken part in and supported the Overview and Scrutiny meetings and process including The Members of the Committee, Executive Members who had attended and presented to the Committee, the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager, the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Officer and all of the officers and support staff.

The Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager presented the report entitled Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/2021 together with the following appendix:

·                Appendix A - Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/2021.

She drew attention to the following:

·                This was a draft of the Annual Report that would be presented to Annual Council;

·                The statistics had not been completed as this meeting would form part of the year being reported;

·                There was a correction to Paragraph 7 – Safeguarding, which should say that the annual update was received in December 2020;

·                If Members wished a section could be included regarding the attendance and viewing figures.

The following Members took part in the debate:

·                Councillor David Levett

Councillor David Levett proposed and it was:

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the report entitled Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/21 be noted;

(2)       That, subject to the following amendments, the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020/21 be presented to Annual Council:

(i)         That a section be added to the Annual report regarding attendance and viewing figures

(3)       That the thanks of the Chair to all participants at and those supporting the work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings be formally recorded.

REASON FOR DECISION: To enable the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to consider and comment on the report of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee regarding the work of the Committee in the 2020/2021 Civic Year prior to consideration by Council.