Issue - meetings

This report presents the Policy Development & Scrutiny Annual Report for 2019-20, which provides an opportunity to highlight some of the positive work carried out by the Panels and Committee both internally / externally, and particularly with partners and agencies involved with scrutiny throughout the year.

The Council considered the annual report of the work of the Policy Development & Scrutiny Panels for 2019/20.

On a motion from Councillor Paul Myers (in his role as Chair of the Policy Development & Scrutiny Chairs & Vice Chairs’ Group), seconded by Councillor Winston Duguid, it was

RESOLVED unanimously

1.  To note the work of the Policy Development & Scrutiny Panels, as set out in the Annual Report attached at Appendix 1; and

2.  That Council welcomes the opportunity to consider this annual PDS report and, in the interests of continuous improvement, requests an external peer review by the LGA of the Council’s approach to scrutiny and policy development and the particular effectiveness of the current panels.

[Notes;

1.  Resolution 2 above was proposed by Councillor Joel Hirst and accepted into the substantive motion by Councillors Myers and Duguid.

2.  Councillor Paul Myers wished it recorded that he accepted the proposal from Councillor Hirst with the mandate of the Policy Development & Scrutiny Chairs & Vice Chairs’ Group group.]