Committee Meetings

Item

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

22 June 2026 (additional meeting)

Management of Fulford Cemetery

Pauline Stuchfield, Eilidh Carricker /

Pre-decision scrutiny

Safer York Partnership Community Safety Strategy 2026-29

Pauline Stuchfield, Tanya Lyon / Cllr Pavlovic

Pre-decision scrutiny

People Scrutiny

Gypsy and Traveller Action Plan

Pauline Stuchfield, Laura Swiszczowski / Cllr Pavlovic

Pre-decision scrutiny

6 July 2026

Major projects: York Central update TBC

Garry Taylor / Cllr Lomas

Update

City LEAP

Shaun Gibbons / Cllr Kent

Pre-decision scrutiny

Scrutiny Annual Report

James Parker

Annual report

Boundary Commission TFG Report? TBC

Julie Gallagher / Cllr Merrett (Chair)

Task and Finish Report

7 September 2026

Finance and Performance Outturn 2025/26

Debbie Mitchell, Ian Cunningham / Cllr Lomas

Annual report

TBC

 

 

9 November 2026

Annual Complaints/Compliments

Eilidh Carricker

Annual report

Petitions Schedule

Julie Gallagher

Six-monthly update

Council Motions

Sam Blyth

Six-monthly update

Scrutiny Recommendations

James Parker

Six-monthly update

18 January 2027

Budget and MTFS TFG Report

Cllr Baxter (Chair of TFG)

Task and Finish Report

Adult Social Care Finance TFG Report

Cllr Nicholls (Chair of TFG)

Task and Finish Report

1 March 2027

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potential or unallocated topics

Item

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

Digital Switchover

Roy Grant

Committee item or briefing – TBC. Follows Scrutiny Member Briefing in February 2026; further update suggested for autumn 2026.

Customer Services developments

Pauline Stuchfield, Eilidh Carricker

·     Digital information provision

·     AI

·     User journey (website)

Finance and Performance Quarterly Reports

Debbie Mitchell, Ian Cunningham / Cllr Lomas

Regular quarterly briefing to be shared with members via e-mail.

 

 

Agreed Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)

Topic

Membership

Notes

Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy TFG

 

Date for consideration of draft report: January 2027.

Cllrs Baxter (Chair), Ayre, Hook, Moroney

Report and recommendations agreed by Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 19 January 2026 and endorsed by Executive on 3 March 2026: full details at https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s187596/Item%207%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Budget%20and%20Medium%20Term%20Financial%20Strategy%20Task%20and%20Finish%20Group%20-%20Annex%20A.pdf

 

Re-established for new budget cycle March 2026; further meetings held April and May; next session scheduled 8 June 2026.

Adult Social Care Financial Challenges Joint TFG

 

Date for consideration of draft report January 2027.

Cllrs Nicholls (Chair), Ayre, Burton, Moroney, Runciman

 

 

Joint TFG with Corporate Scrutiny Committee, which is ‘parent’ committee. Established following recommendation from Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy TFG; full details at https://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s187596/Item%207%20-%20Report%20of%20the%20Budget%20and%20Medium%20Term%20Financial%20Strategy%20Task%20and%20Finish%20Group%20-%20Annex%20A.pdf

 

Scoping meeting held 30 April 2026; next session scheduled 8 June 2026.

Boundary Commission TFG

 

Date for consideration of draft report: July 2026.

Cllrs Merrett (Chair) Coles, Hollyer, Steward, Wann

Report on Council Size submission endorsed by Council, 16 October 2025: full details at https://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=331&MId=15435&Ver=4

 

Re-established following May 2026 Corporate Scrutiny meeting to consider warding; will need to report to Council in July 2026.

 

Possible Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)

Topic

Origin

Notes

TBC

n/a

n/a

 

 

Scrutiny Member Briefings

Topic

Committee

Lead Officer / Executive Member

Notes

30 June 2026

Integrated Care Board (ICB) Changes

People Scrutiny Committee

Peter Roderick / Cllr Steels-Walshaw

Initial briefing on structural changes; to be followed by briefing on implementation phase and an appropriate point.

29 September 2026

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 October 2026

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 December 2026

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 February 2027

TBC