Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the report entitled Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme be noted;

(2)       That Members be requested to inform the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager of any items to be considered at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting of 14 December 2021 and beyond;

(3)       That Members be requested to notify inform the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager via committee.services@north-herts.gov.uk of any particular themes which they would like to consider under the annual Crime and Disorder item at the meeting in January 2022;

(4)       That all Members be invited to attend the discussion on the Recovery of the District’s Town Centres at the Cabinet Panel on Community meeting on 8 November 2021;

(5)       That consideration be given to providing the regular Commercial Update to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow the Committee to set a work programme which provides focussed Member oversight, encourages open debate and seeks to achieve service improvement through effective policy development and meaningful policy and service change.

Audio recording – 30 minutes 58 seconds

The Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager presented the report entitled Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme together with the following appendices:

·                Appendix A - Work Programme;

·                Appendix B - Forward Plan - 31 August 2021;

·                Appendix C - Corporate Peer Challenge Extracts from Action Plan.

He drew attention to the following:

·                The presentation from settle had now been received so this could be removed from the future work programme;

·                The proposed topic of the Recovery of Our Town Centres following the Pandemic had been scheduled to be considered by the Cabinet Panel on Community at its meeting of 8 November. This had been agreed by the Chair and any Member was welcome to attend to participate in the meeting which would be held online;

·                Members were requested to inform the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager via the Committee Services email address if they had any topics for the Crime and Disorder Matters meeting in January 2022, so that the information could be prepared;

The following Members asked questions and commented on the report:

·                Councillor Claire Strong;

·                Councillor Morgan Derbyshire.

Councillor Claire Strong expressed disappointment that the Recovery of the Town Centres would not be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and undertook to discuss this further outside the meeting with the Chair of the Committee.

Councillor Morgan Derbyshire asked why the regular Commercial Update was not presented to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee as it covered income generation. The Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager undertook to discuss this further with the Chair of the Committee, in consultation with the Service Director – Commercial.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the report entitled Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme be noted;

(2)       That Members be requested to inform the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager of any items to be considered at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting of 14 December 2021 and beyond;

(3)       That Members be requested to inform the Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager via committee.services@north-herts.gov.uk of any particular themes which they would like to consider under the annual Crime and Disorder item at the meeting in January 2022;

(4)       That all Members be invited to attend the discussion on the Recovery of the District’s Town Centres at the Cabinet Panel on Community meeting on 8 November 2021;

(5)       That consideration be given to providing the regular Commercial Update to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow the Committee to set a work programme which provides focussed Member oversight, encourages open debate and seeks to achieve service improvement through effective policy development and meaningful policy and service change.