Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 12th November, 2024 7.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, District Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JF

Contact: Scrutiny Officer  Email: ScrutinyOfficer@north-herts.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting.

 

Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.

2.

MINUTES - 3 SEPTEMBER 2024 pdf icon PDF 406 KB

To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 3 September 2024.

3.

NOTIFICATION OF OTHER BUSINESS

Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency.

 

The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.

4.

CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda.  Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.

5.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.

6.

URGENT AND GENERAL EXCEPTION ITEMS

The Chair to report on any urgent or general exception items which required their agreement. At the time of printing the agenda, the Chair had not agreed any urgent or general exception items.

7.

CALLED-IN ITEMS

To consider any matters referred to the Committee for a decision in relation to a call-in of decision. At the time of printing the agenda, no items of business had been called-in.

8.

MEMBERS' QUESTIONS

To receive and respond to any questions from Members either set out in the agenda or tabled at the meeting.

9.

3Cs HALF YEAR 24/25 UPDATE pdf icon PDF 163 KB

INFORMATION NOTE OF THE CUSTOMER AND DIGITAL SERVICES MANAGER

 

Half year update for Comments, Compliments & Complaints for 24/25.

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10.

SUPPORTED HOUSING SCHEME FOR WOMEN pdf icon PDF 250 KB

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

 

To consider the allocation of £73k of ringfenced MHCLG Homelessness Prevention Grant to Herts County Council to match fund the two-year pilot of Druglink’s Supported Housing Scheme for Women.

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11.

ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE UPDATE pdf icon PDF 429 KB

REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – ENTERPRISE

 

To provide the committee with an update on the progress of the Enterprise Directorate.

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12.

MUSEUM STORAGE OPTIONS APPRAISAL pdf icon PDF 233 KB

REPORT OF THE CULTURE AND FACILITIES SERVICE MANAGER AND PRINCIPAL ESTATES SURVEYOR

 

This report explores the current options with regards to solving or alleviating the storage pressures facing the museum collection of North Hertfordshire.

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13.

TASK AND FINISH GROUP ON SECTION 106 CONTRIBUTIONS - DRAFT SCOPING DOCUMENT pdf icon PDF 310 KB

REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY OFFICER

 

To consider establishing a Task and Finish Group on Section 106 Contributions and alternatives available.

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14.

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 22 KB

REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY OFFICER


This report highlights items scheduled in the work programme of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the 2024-25 civic year. It also includes items that have not yet been assigned to a specific meeting of the Committee.

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15.

SCRUTINY DECISIONS AND MONITORING pdf icon PDF 52 KB

REPORT OF THE SCRUTINY OFFICER

 

To consider the outcome of Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolutions, decisions and referrals.