Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The Chair of the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee (Councillor Lisa Smart) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the development of work programmes for scrutiny committees in 2018/19 and providing details of a proposed programme of reviews to be carried out by Scrutiny Committees over the course of the year.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the Scrutiny Review Work Programme for 2018/19.

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The report sets out the scrutiny review topics which have been proposed by Scrutiny Committees for 2018/2019.

The Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee is invited to comment on the proposed topic selection and make recommendations to the Council Meeting in relation to the Scrutiny Work Programme for 2017/2018.

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A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Committee to consider the proposed Scrutiny Work for the Municipal Year 2018/2019 prior to it being submitted to the Council Meeting for approval. The programme had been produced following consultation with scrutiny committees.

A representative of the Democratic Services Manager reported that the Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee had agreed to the inclusion of a review on District Centres as a joint undertaking with the Communities & Housing Scrutiny Committee.

The Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee considered the potential overlap between the role of the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee and the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee in relation to the proposed review of the governance of Stockport Together.

The Scrutiny Coordination Committee also considered the suggestion that it undertake a piece of work on the role of scrutiny in Stockport to determine whether this was in accord with best practice and whether it was adding sufficient value to decision-making.

RESOLVED – That the Council Meeting be recommended to approve the Scrutiny Work Programme for 2018/19 subject to the inclusion of a review of scrutiny at Stockport to be undertaken by the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee.