Decision details

Council RESOLVED that:

(1)               The Terms of Reference for the Policy Development Committee and Scrutiny and Overview Committee be approved as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

(2)               The Operating Guidelines for the Task and Finish Panels be approved as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

(3)               The process for the approval of the Work Programmes be approved as set out in paragraph 8 of the report.

(4)               The Chairmen of the Scrutiny and Overview and Policy Development Committees be given discretion to vary the structure and format of committee meetings based on the principles set out in paragraph 12 of the report.

(5)               Members of the public be entitled to ask questions at meetings of the Policy Development Committee in accordance with the existing procedure for the Scrutiny and Overview Committee.

(6)               Members shall not be entitled to sit on both the Scrutiny and Overview and Policy Development Committee.

(7)               Amendments to Article 6 and the Scrutiny and Overview Procedure rules of the Constitution, listed in appendix 3 of the report and incorporating (1) to (6) above, be agreed.

(8)               That the scrutiny contingency budget be divided equally between the Scrutiny and Overview Committee (£20k) and Policy Development Committee (£20k).

(9)               That these arrangements be reviewed by the Working Party in April 2008.