Issue - meetings

To receive the Annual Report into Scrutiny and Overview at South Cambridgeshire District Council (enclosed separately).

The report is also available to view with the electronic version of the Agenda; please use the following link to the Council's website, www.scambs.gov.uk

Council received the Annual Report into Scrutiny and Overview at South Cambridgeshire District Council. 

Council received the Annual Report into Scrutiny and Overview at South Cambridgeshire District Council. 

Councillor JD Batchelor, Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee, introduced the report. He stated that the Committee’s hard work had added real value to the Council over the past year through the completion of Member-led task and finish groups. Councillor Batchelor drew particular attention to the work of the Orchard Park Task and Finish Group, whose work had been shortlisted for a national Scrutiny award. He thanked Members of the Committee and the Scrutiny Development Officer for their contributions to the Committee’s successes.

Councillor JA Hockney, Vice-Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee, extended similar thanks to Members and to the Scrutiny Development Officer, who had assisted in the production of a high-quality report. Councillor Hockney went on to thank the Chief Executive and Cabinet for their support for scrutiny reviews, which had been challenging but necessary.

The Committee

AGREED        that subject to any amendments emailed to the Chairman by 8 May, the Annual Scrutiny and Overview report will be presented to Council on 21 May 2009. 

The Chairman presented the draft 2008/09 annual report of the Scrutiny Committee which would go to Council on 21 May. It was agreed that minor amendments should be sent to the Scrutiny Development Officer. An updated report will be presented at the next meeting of the Committee on 30 April.

The Committee NOTED the report.