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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBER AND SCRUTINY MANAGER

To consider the issues that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee plans to review at future meetings and the activities of its sub-groups.

RESOLVED:

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

(2)       That the Committee prioritise proposed topics for inclusion in the work programme and, where appropriate, determines the high- level form and timing of scrutiny input, be agreed;

(3)       In respect of Crime and Disorder Issues an alternative presentation format in order to discuss County Lines and Knife Crime with the support of the Community Protection Manager take place at the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in January 2020; and

(4)       That the Scope for the Task and Finish Group on the Waste Contract be approved by the Chairman of that Task and Finish Group, (yet to be appointed) and the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny.

REASON FOR DECISIONS:

To allow the Overview and Scrutiny 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 – Start of Item – 14 Minutes 10 Seconds

The Chairman introduced the Supplementary Agenda Item - Update on the Forward Plan of the key decisions made and The Committee, Member and Scrutiny Manager reported as follows:

·         Hitchin Town Hall Review – The Chairman and the Panel were currently in the process of writing the report which would be presented in a “special, one-item” meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee which would take place on 23 October 2019.

·         Crime and Disorder Issues – Traditionally this had been reported to the Committee by way of in-depth statistical information provided by the Chief Inspector of Hertfordshire Constabulary.  Suggestion had been made of an alternative presentation format – an opportunity for Members to discuss County Lines and Knife Crime, which would be provided with the support of the Community Protection Manager and take place at the January meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

·         Confirmed that it was the turn of the Labour and Co-Operative Party to Chair the Task and Finish Group on the Waste Contract.

·         That Members looked at the items included in the Forward Plan and made suggestion of any items that they may be interested in bringing to the Committee for discussion at future meetings.

RESOLVED:

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

(2)       That the Committee prioritise proposed topics for inclusion in the work programme and, where appropriate, determines the high- level form and timing of scrutiny input, be agreed;

(3)       In respect of Crime and Disorder Issues an alternative presentation format in order to discuss County Lines and Knife Crime with the support of the Community Protection Manager take place at the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in January 2020; and

(4)       That the Scope for the Task and Finish Group on the Waste Contract be approved by the Chairman of that Task and Finish Group, (yet to be appointed) and the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny.

REASON FOR DECISIONS:

To allow the Overview and Scrutiny 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.