Issue - meetings

The Chairman submitted a report setting out the Committee’s future work programme for 2015/16.  The Scrutiny Officer advised that the work programme was similar to the one that had been in place at the end of the 2014/15 civic year and the programme was subject to confirmation by the new Committee.

The Chairman commented on why the Customer Services Strategy project plan had been delayed by two months to the July 2015 meeting of the Committee.  The Head of Information, Customer and Parking Services advised that it was important for the new portfolio holder to be fully briefed on the new Strategy before bringing it before Members.  He stated that the new Strategy would be more evidence based and would align more closely to the Council’s considerable investment in business development.

The Chairman advised that the Committee could move items onto the work programme so that Members were setting the agenda for the scrutiny work of the Committee.  He encouraged Members to come forward with ideas for topics and issues for scrutiny.

The Scrutiny Officer confirmed that the two items in red in the work programme would be brought forward to the July meeting instead of the August meeting.  She reminded Members that the Director of Finance and Support Services would deliver induction training regarding the sources of Local Government Finance at 5.30 pm prior to the July meeting.

The Scrutiny Officer also reminded Members that scrutiny training was scheduled for 30 June 2015 once all of the Scrutiny Committees had met once.  The Committee approved the 2015/16 work programme, as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that the work programme, as now detailed, be approved.