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Minutes and Matters Arising PDF 157 KB To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission held on 24 January 2019. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chairman welcomed Timothy Wheadon, Chief Executive and Kevin Gibbs, Executive Director: Delivery and the Statutory Scrutiny Officer; to the meeting.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Commission held on 24 January 2019 be approved as a correct record, and signed by the Chairman.
There were no comments on the Actions Arising from the Minutes of previous Overview and Scrutiny Commission meetings.
Apologies were noted from Councillor McCracken, Executive Member for Culture, Resources and Public Protection and Councillor Heydon, Executive Member for Transformation and Finance. |
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Declarations of Interest and Party Whip Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests and the nature of that interest, including the existence and nature of the party whip, in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.
Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.
Any Member with an Affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting. There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting. Minutes: There were no indications that members would be participating while under the party whip. |
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Urgent Items of Business Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent. Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Public Participation To receive submissions from members of the public which have been submitted in advance in accordance with the Council’s Public Participation Scheme for Overview and Scrutiny. Minutes: No submissions had been made by members of the public under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme for Overview and Scrutiny.
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Transformation Programme Update PDF 418 KB Lisa Jewell, Deputy Transformation Programme Manager, to inform the Commission of the progress of each review within the Transformation Programme. Minutes: Lisa Jewell, Interim Deputy Transformation Programme Manager, attended the meeting and informed the Commission of the progress of each review within the Transformation Programme.
The Chairman welcomed Lisa Jewell, Interim Deputy Transformation Programme Manager to the meeting.
The Chairman suggested and it was agreed that questions would be raised at the end of the presentation unless there were matters that needed clarification as the presentation progressed.
Lisa Jewell, Interim Deputy Transformation Programme Manager introduced herself to the Commission and advised that the presentation was an update on the Transformation Programme since September 2018 and alerted Members that the order of her presentation had changed slightly to the slides that had been included with the agenda pack in that the position of slides 4 and 6 had been swapped.
In addition to the presentation, Lisa Jewell, Interim Deputy Transformation Programme Manager advised the Commission that:
The highlights from the key programmes were:
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Council Plan Overview Report Q3 October to December 2018 PDF 420 KB To consider the Chief Executive’s Council Plan Overview Report covering the third quarter from October to December 2018 of the 2018/19 financial year. Minutes: The Commission considered the Chief Executive’s Council Plan Overview Report covering the third quarter from October to December 2018 of the 2018/19 financial year.
The Chairman outlined that the Council Plan Overview Report (CPOR) was historic in nature and that Timothy Wheadon’s commentary covered the key issues in the report.
Timothy Wheadon, Chief Executive advised the Commission that there had been no detailed questions or comments about the report submitted in advance to him for a response.
In response to questions from Members, Timothy Wheadon, Chief Executive advised that:
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Centre for Public Scrutiny Healthcheck Report To update to the Commission on the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) Healthcheck Report requested in December 2018. Minutes: The Chairman updated the Commission on the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) Healthcheck Report requested in December 2018. The Chairman advised Members that:
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Executive Forward Plan PDF 53 KB To consider scheduled Executive Key and Non-Key Decisions of a corporate nature. Minutes: Members received and noted the scheduled Key and Non-Key Executive Decisions of a corporate nature. There were no comments or questions raised. |
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Work Programme and Panel Activity Update PDF 53 KB To note the progress against the Overview and Scrutiny work programme, and the reports from Overview and Scrutiny Panel Chairmen on each Panel’s progress against the work programme. Additional documents: Minutes: The Commission noted the progress against the Overview and Scrutiny work programme, and the reports from Overview and Scrutiny Panel Chairmen on each Panel’s progress against the work programme.
Councillor Mrs Birch hoped that Members had had a chance to see the Pupil Premium Working Group report as it was an excellent and worthwhile piece of work. Councillor Mrs Birch directed Members to the report and asked Members to take the time to read it to understand what was working and how things were moving forwards.
The Chairman gave his thanks to all Members of the Commission, all the Panel Chairmen and Vice Chairmen, all the Members of the Panels and stated how highly appreciated their work was by the Executive. He extended his thanks to the scrutiny team and the new team members who had settled in to their roles well and supported the work of the Commission by providing the administration and clerking support. The Chairman also gave his thanks to the Chief Executive and all other officers for their support during the last Municipal Year and looked forward to seeing everyone again after the 2 May 2019. |