Agenda and draft minutes

Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 26th January, 2023 9.30 am

Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Stone Cross, Rotary Way, Northallerton, DL6 2UU

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SC.10

Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 20 October 2022 (SC.8 - SC.9), previously circulated.

Minutes:

The Decision:

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 20 October 2022 (SC.8 - SC.9), previously circulated, be signed as a correct record.

SC.11

Council Performance 2022/23 (Quarter 2) pdf icon PDF 288 KB

Report of the Interim Head of Finance

Minutes:

The Interim Head of Finance presented a report setting out the Quarter 2 Performance for 2022/23.  The Committee asked a number of questions relating to Disabled Facilities Grants and the Maple Park Crematorium which were responded to at the meeting and where further information was requested it was agreed that the Committee would be provided with this information separately.

 

The decision:

 

That progress made against the Council Plan for Quarter 2 of 2022/23, as detailed within Annex A of the report, be noted.

SC.12

Review of Risk Management 2022/23 - Q2 pdf icon PDF 217 KB

Report of the Interim Head of Finance

Minutes:

The Interim Head of Finance presented the quarterly monitoring report on the Corporate Risks, Corporate Project Risks and Service Risks with a net risk threshold of 12 or above affecting the Council.

 

To ensure that strategic risks were appropriately measured and that suitable actions were undertaken to mitigate the effect of each risk it had been agreed that the Scrutiny Committee would receive a quarterly monitoring report.

 

The Committee asked a number of questions regarding litter picking which were responded to at the meeting and where further information was requested it was agreed that the Committee would be provided with this information separately.  The Committee asked that it be noted that there were a number of really good groups of volunteers who carried out litter picking within the community spread across the District.

 

The decision:

 

That the quarterly report on the Corporate Risks, Corporate Project Risks and Service Risks with a net risk threshold of 12 or above affecting the Council and the actions that are in place to mitigate the impact upon the Council of each risk be noted.

SC.13

Chairman's Announcement

Minutes:

The Chairman announced that this was the last meeting of the Committee prior to the abolishment of the Council on 31 March 2023 and wished to thank the Committee Members and officers,  in particular Louise Hancock, Democratic  Services Officer, for their continued support.