Report of the Chairman of Scrutiny Committee

The Committee gave consideration to areas of policy review work for 2017/18 and a number of suggestions were discussed at length. These included scrutinising the Planning Department, reviewing the Customer Services policies and systems used for dealing with customer queries and the effectiveness of the transfer of  Council’s assets to voluntary organisations such as The Forum, Dog Wardens, enforcement of fly-tipping, the Prison Development.

The Committee noted that there were two topics for in-depth policy review remaining on the Committee’s work programme from 2016/17, namely the Graduate and Apprentice Scheme and Green Waste.  It was reported that there would be a full review of Green Waste in 2018 and therefore it was not considered appropriate to carry out a review on Green Waste at the present time.

The Committee accepted that a number of the suggested topics for review would require further discussion to identify and clarify which specific policies would be relevant for further in-depth review and brought back to a future meeting for further debate.

Members suggested three topics be prioritised for in depth review, these being the Graduate and Apprentice Scheme, the enforcement policy on fly-tipping and the effectiveness of the transfer of Council assets to voluntary organisations.

The Committee requested that a Project Plan for the review on the Graduate and Apprentice Scheme be produced for consideration at the Committee’s next meeting on 27 July 2017.

THE DECISION:

That a draft project plan be produced for the in-depth policy review on the Graduate and Apprentice Scheme for consideration at the Committee’s next meeting on 27 July 2017.

Report of the Chairman of Scrutiny Committee

The Committee gave consideration to areas of policy review work for 2016/17 and a number of suggestions were discussed at length.  These included Health and Safety; Civil Parking Enforcement; Part-Night Lighting; Industrial Estates; Graduate and Apprentice Scheme and Green Waste.

Members suggested two topics be prioritised for in depth review, these being Health and Safety and Civil Parking Enforcement.  The Committee acknowledged that an update report in relation to Health and Safety would be presented to the next meeting of the Committee, the outcome of which would assist the Committee when considering the draft Project Plan.

Other topics would remain on the Committee’s Work Programme for 2016/17 to be undertaken as appropriate.  It was further agreed that, where in-depth reviews had previously been undertaken in relation to Part-Night Lighting and Industrial Estates, the Committee would receive an update which would help inform them as to whether a mini-review would be more appropriate.

The Committee requested that Project Plans for the reviews on Health and Safety and Civil Parking Enforcement be produced for consideration at the Committee’s next meeting on 28 July 2016.

THE DECISION:

That draft project plans be produced for the in-depth policy reviews on Health and Safety and Civil Parking Enforcement for consideration at the Committee’s next meeting on 28 July 2016.