Issue - meetings

To receive an introduction to the purpose of overview and scrutiny and the work of the Committee.

Committee Members received an introduction to the purpose of overview and scrutiny and the work of the Committee from the Chair, Cllr N. Harrison, Vice-Chair, Cllr S. Walsh and Democratic Services Officer, Marie Crabtree.

Members requested that the presentation be circulated following the meeting.

A training session run by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny would take place in early September 2022.

Members commented that the Council website is difficult to navigate.

To receive an introduction to the purpose of overview and scrutiny and the work of the Committee.

Committee Members received an introduction to the purpose of overview and scrutiny and the work of the Committee from the Chair, Cllr N. Harrison, Vice-Chair, Cllr S. Walsh and Democratic Services Officer, Catriona Marchant.

Cllr Harrison encouraged new Members to develop their own areas of interest. He also noted that there was capacity to adopt new areas of work in the work programme.

Members asked for the Committee’s Action Tracker which set out items to be followed up from each meeting to be included for the next meeting. It was agreed that the updated flats recycling roll-out timeline and Charitable Trusts items would be added to the Action Tracker.