Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Statutory Scrutiny Officer.                                                       

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to give consideration to possible topics for further consideration during the 2020/21 municipal year. Suggestions will be considered and subject to a further decision at the next meeting in July 2020 when the Scrutiny Committee will be invited to make a formal recommendation to the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee as part of the Scrutiny Work Programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to consider the information in the report and put forward any agenda items for future meetings of the Committee.

Officer contact: David Clee on 0161 474 3137 or email: david.clee@stockport.gov.uk

The Statutory Scrutiny Officer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Scrutiny Committee to give consideration to possible topics for further consideration during the 2020/21 municipal year. At its next meeting the Scrutiny Committee would be invited to make a formal recommendation to the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee as part of the Scrutiny Work Programme.

The Committee was reminded that at its last meeting it had agreed that the following items be included in the Work Programme for the Scrutiny Committee for this Municipal Year:-

·         Partnership Working

·         Updated RIPA Policy

·         Scrutiny of Council Wholly Owned Companies

·         Armed Forces Covenant Update

·         Progress with the Greater Manchester White Paper

·         Stockport Local Fund – update on fund, monitoring, evaluation and impact of money being spent.

A preliminary discussion took place regarding topics for a Scrutiny Review during this Municipal Year and the following were put forward as possibilities:-

·         A continuation of the review of the Council’s relationship with Manchester Airport.

·         The Council’s relationship with its health partners, particularly Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust – possibly a joint review with the Adult Social Care & Health Scrutiny Committee.

·         The relationship between the Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be recommended to include the following items in the Scrutiny Committee’s work programme for the 2020/21 Municipal Year:-

·         Partnership Working

·         Updated RIPA Policy

·         Scrutiny of Council Wholly Owned Companies

·         Armed Forces Covenant Update

·         Progress with the Greater Manchester White Paper

·         Stockport Local Fund – update on fund, monitoring, evaluation and impact of money being spent.

To consider a report of the Statutory Scrutiny Officer.                                                       

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to give consideration to possible topics for further consideration during the 2020/21 municipal year. Suggestions will be considered and subject to a further decision at the next meeting in July 2020 when the Scrutiny Committee will be invited to make a formal recommendation to the Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee as part of the Scrutiny Work Programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to consider the information in the report and put forward any agenda items for future meetings of the Committee.

Officer contact: Damian Eaton on 0161 474 3207 or email: damian.eaton@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the planned agenda items for the Scrutiny Committee’s next meeting and any relevant Forward Plan items.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be recommended to programme the following items into the Scrutiny Committee’s work programme for the 2020/21 Municipal Year:-

·         Update on Homelessness in the Borough.

·         The outcome of investigations into recent incidents of flooding in the Borough.

·         Update on the work of the Council’s Climate Change Task Force.