Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Democratic Services
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Election of Chair To elect a Chair of the Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED – That Councillor Ben Alexander be elected Chair of the Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting |
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Councillor Ben Alexander in the Chair |
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Appointment of Vice-Chair To appoint a Vice-Chair for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED – That Councillor Tom McGee be appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee for the period until the next Annual Council Meeting. |
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To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2013. Minutes: The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 26 March 2013 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. |
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Declarations of Interest Councillors and officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting. Minutes: No declarations of interest were made. |
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Call-In To consider call-in items (if any). Minutes: There were no call-in items to consider. |
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Scrutiny Committees - Terms of Reference The Assistant Chief Executive (Strategy, Policy, Partnerships & Transformation) to report at the meeting.
Officer contact: Laureen Donnan on 474 3181 or email: Laureen.donnan@stockport.gov.uk
Minutes: The Assistant Chief Executive (Strategy, Policy, Partnerships & Transformation) submitted a discussion paper, inviting the Committee to review the current names and remit of the five scrutiny committees.
It was suggested that following the recent changes to the structure of the Council’s directorates and executive portfolios, combined with the unprecedented financial pressures facing the Council, there was the opportunity to reconsider the current scrutiny committee arrangements with a view to maximising the value and efficiency of the scrutiny function.
It was proposed to restructure the remits of the scrutiny committees to align them with the new executive portfolios. In doing so, scrutiny committee remits would consequently be less disparate and would revolve around a more co-ordinated range of issues, with fewer Executive portfolios cutting across more than one committee.
RESOLVED (1) That the Council Meeting be recommended to adopt the revised the remit and names of the Scrutiny Committees as set out below:-
(2) That the role of this Committee be re-affirmed and that this Committee should play a proactive role in agenda planning, which is aimed at minimising duplication and identifying / co-ordinating opportunities for cross cutting scrutiny. |
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The Scrutiny Work Programme 2013-14 To consider a report of the Assistant Chief Executive (Strategy, Policy, Partnerships & Transformation).
The report sets out possible review topics identified by Scrutiny Committees.
The Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee is invited to consider the review topics selected by the scrutiny committees.
Officer contact: Craig Ainsworth on 474 3204 or email: craig.ainsworth@stockport.gov.uk
Minutes: The Democratic Services Manager submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) advising the Committee of the topics which had been selected by the Scrutiny Committees for scrutiny reviews to be undertaken in 2013/14.
The report outlined the Committee’s role in maintaining a strategic overview of scrutiny reviews in order to help to ensure that they met their broad objectives. In particular the Committee could support the work of the Scrutiny Review Panels by:-
· helping to ensure that reviews were timely and aligned with Council priorities · ensuring reviews did not duplicate each other; and · identifying any cross cutting issues and opportunities for collaborative work across Review Panels.
RESOLVED - (1) That, subject to scoping and the availability of officer support, the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the following review topics proposed by the Scrutiny Committees as part of the Scrutiny Work Programme for 2013/14.
(2) That the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee be requested to prioritise the four review topics.
(3) That Joint Scrutiny Reviews across Scrutiny Committees should take place where this would be beneficial. |