This Committee oversees and co-ordinates the work
of the Scrutiny Committees, including:
·
allocating responsibility
for issues which fall between more than one Overview & Scrutiny
Committee
·
allocating, in consultation
with the Chair/Vice-Chair, urgent issues to be considered by
an appropriate Committee (including an Ad-Hoc Scrutiny Committee),
as may be necessary
·
reviewing progress against
the Work Plans of the Overview & Scrutiny Committees, as may be
necessary and receiving bi-annual updates from Chairs of those
Scrutiny Committees, as required;
·
receiving periodical progress
reports, as appropriate, on particular scrutiny reviews
·
considering and commenting
on any final reports arising from completed reviews produced by the
Overview & Scrutiny Committees, as required
·
provides an annual report to
Full Council on the work of the Overview & Scrutiny
function
·
recommends to the Executive
an appropriate budget to support the undertaking of scrutiny
reviews as part of the Council’s budget setting process, and
manages the overall allocation of any such budget
·
periodically reviews the
overview and scrutiny procedures to ensure that the function is
operating effectively and recommends to Council any appropriate
constitutional changes relating to the scrutiny structure or
procedural rules.
In Addition, CSMC exercises the powers of an Overview &
Scrutiny Committee under section 21 of the Local Government Act
2000, specifically in relation to the service areas within the
Customer & Corporate Services Directorate
CSMC is responsible for monitoring the
performance of the following service areas:
·
Legal Services
·
Information Governance and
Complaints
·
Electoral
Services
·
Corporate Finance and
Procurement
·
Human Resources and
Organisational Development
·
Customer, Resident and
Exchequer Services,
·
Digital and ICT
·
Civic and Democratic
Services