Issue - meetings

The Chairman submitted a report setting out the Committee’s future work programme for the remaining meetings in 2015/16 and the first half of 2016/17.

The Chairman advised Members that in respect of the Council Tax Support Scheme, Corporate Business Scrutiny Committee had reviewed the current scheme in July 2015 and as no changes had been proposed, there was nothing further to scrutinise in this meeting.  Therefore, the matter would proceed to the Executive meeting on 1 December 2015.

The Chairman stated that, at his request, the report on the Corporate Strategic Plan 2016/17 – 2019/20 had also been dropped from the agenda of this meeting as the document was not yet ready for scrutiny. 

The Scrutiny Officer invited Members to give a view on the invitation of Executive Members to future meetings of Scrutiny.  Following a comment from Councillor M Pope, the Scrutiny Officer undertook to check whether the Executive would be present at the January and February 2016 joint meetings of Scrutiny Committees.  The Committee approved the work programme, as now detailed.

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