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REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY OFFICER

Annual Report of work undertaken by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the Civic Year 2024/25.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered and commented on the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2024/25 as attached at Appendix A.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION: 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 2024/2025 Civic Year prior to consideration by Council.

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Councillor Matt Barnes, as the Chair of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee in the Civic Year 2024/2025, presented the report entitled ‘Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2024/2025’ and advised that:

·             The report set out the work undertaken by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee over the previous Civic Year 2024/25.

·             The report also contained a foreword which highlighted some of the notable achievements of the Committee in the same period.

Councillor Matt Barnes thanked all Members of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee in 2024/25 for their contributions and thanked the Scrutiny Officer for her support throughout the year.

The Chair thanked Councillor Barnes for ensuring an easy transition process from Committee Member to Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Councillor Daniel Allen, as Leader of the Council, put on record his thanks to all Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the Civic Year 2024/25 for holding Cabinet to account in this period and for the ideas that they had conceived.

Councillor Jon Clayden thanked the Chair and Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the Civic Year 2024/25 for being supportive through the transition process from Committee Member to Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Councillor Jon Clayden proposed and Councillor Matt Barnes seconded and following a vote, it was:

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered and commented on the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2024/25 as attached at Appendix A.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION: 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 2024/2025 Civic Year prior to consideration by Council.