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RESOLVED: That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee adopted the Scrutiny Charter for Scrutiny at North Herts Council, attached as Appendix A.

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee members have a clearly defined purpose, objectives, and expectations of Scrutiny at North Herts Council.

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Councillor Matt Barnes, as Chair, presented the report entitled ‘Scrutiny Charter’ and advised that:

·       This Charter had been developed following the Corporate Peer Challenge action to better define what scrutiny wanted to achieve at the Council.

·       It was also felt necessary to consider scrutiny in the context of the administration change which had taken place.

·       Further input to the Charter had been taken from Members following training provided and it had been devised with the support of the Scrutiny Officer and colleagues.

·       The intention was that the Charter would be published on the Scrutiny intranet pages being developed and would be included on each agenda.

During the debate, Councillor Ralph Muncer thanked the Scrutiny Officer for the work in supporting the production of this Charter, and that it would help not only members of this Committee, but Members across the Council, to understand their roles.

Councillor Matt Barnes, as Chair, proposed and Councillor Tom Tyson seconded and, following a vote, it was:

RESOLVED: That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee adopted the Scrutiny Charter for Scrutiny at North Herts Council, attached as Appendix A.

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee members have a clearly defined purpose, objectives, and expectations of Scrutiny at North Herts Council.