Corporate Scrutiny Committee
responsibilities:
·
To act as the Council’s statutory scrutiny
committee
·
To oversee and co-ordinate/support the work of the
Scrutiny Committees in its capacity as the Council’s
statutory scrutiny committee. This will include:
a)
Allocating responsibility for issues which fall between more than
one Scrutiny Committee;
b)
Allocating, in consultation with the relevant Chair and Vice-Chair,
urgent issues to be considered by an appropriate committee
(including ad-hoc scrutiny committee), as may be
necessary;
c)
Reviewing progress against the work plans of the Scrutiny
Committees, as may be necessary and receiving updates from Chairs
of those scrutiny committees, as required;
d)
Receiving periodical progress reports, as appropriate, on specific
scrutiny reviews.
e)
Considering and commenting on any final reports arising from
completed reviews produced by the Scrutiny Committees, as
required.
·
To provide an annual report to Full Council on the
work of the overview & scrutiny function
·
To consider all post-decision Call-in for scrutiny
in accordance with the Scrutiny Procedure Rules as set out in
Appendix 5 of the Constitution and to question any Executive
Member, as may be required
·
In consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to
periodically review the scrutiny procedures to ensure that the
function is operating effectively and recommend to Council any
appropriate constitutional changes relating to the scrutiny
structure or procedural rules.
·
To receive details of petitions received by the
Council in line with the Council’s published arrangements and
responses or proposed responses to those petitions. To consider
using its powers as a scrutiny committee to support the Council in
responding appropriately to issues raised by such petitions and, in
so doing, to promote public engagement.
·
To monitor progress and actions taken in response to
motions approved by Full Council
·
To be responsible for monitoring performance of the
following areas:
a) Legal
Services
b)
Corporate Governance Team
c) Civic
& Democratic Services
d)
Electoral Services
e)
Corporate Finance and Procurement
f) Human
Resources and Organisational Development
g)
Customer, Resident and Exchequer Services
h) Digital
and ICT
·
To monitor major capital projects
·
To have strategic oversight of the Council’s
10 year strategies
·
Develop and maintain a closer working relationship
with the council’s Audit and Governance Committee
·
To have detailed oversight of the Council’s
Climate Change responsibilities and actions,
specifically:
o
The
production and delivery of the Climate Change Strategy and Climate
Change Action Plan, which provides the framework for the council
and city to be net zero carbon and climate ready.
o
Annual
emissions reporting to monitor progress against our climate change
ambition, reviewing the Council’s practices, policies, and
procedures to understand our impact and identify
improvements.
o
The
development of projects and programmes that contribute towards the
Council’s climate change ambition, including resilience
measures to enable communities to address the consequences of
climate change, and the identification of resources that can
contribute towards delivery of actions
o
Collaboration with local
and regional stakeholders, including the York Climate Commission,
and engaging communities to understand their needs and deliver
direct benefits for them,
As
part of the committee’s Climate Change
responsibility
·
To review best practice across the UK and other
international cities
·
To provide opportunities for the committee to
contribute to reducing carbon emissions, in the context of
environmental responsibility, economic prosperity, social equity
and cultural vitality.
Note:
This committee succeeded the Corporate Services, Climate Change and
Scrutiny Management Committee (https://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=1064)
as of 22 May 2025.