Issue - meetings

Council considered a joint report of the Scrutiny Committee Chairmen detailing the Scrutiny Annual report 2012/13.

Councillor D Andrews commended the report as excellent and he encouraged all Members to read it.  He also thanked the Scrutiny Officer for her hard work during a challenging and interesting year.  He thanked Members for their input and stated that the forthcoming year would be equally challenging.

Councillor Andrews referred to pages 138 to 139 of the report now submitted for the areas identified by Councillors to strengthen the Scrutiny process in 2013/14.  He stated that a key theme was how to encourage residents to join in the scrutiny process.

Councillor J Ranger congratulated the Scrutiny Officer on the report and he referred to the positive outcomes of the work of the Scrutiny Committees.  Councillor E Buckmaster complimented the Scrutiny Officer and stated that the report was very readable and should be shared with residents.

The Leader stated that the scrutiny process ensured that the Council continued to improve it’s performance for residents.  He emphasised that the scrutiny process added value to the decision making process at East Herts.

The Leader invited Scrutiny Members to continue to constructively challenge the decisions made by the Executive as well as informing the Executive where future decisions may need to be made.  Council agreed to receive the report.

RESOLVED – that the Annual Report on the work of the East Herts Scrutiny Committees and Health Engagement Panel during 2012/13, be received.