Agenda item

To receive a report from Councillor Williams, the Chair of the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Policy and Scrutiny Committee (CSMPSC) on the work of the Committee and to consider the recommendations of CSMPSC from their meeting held on 6 March 2017 in respect of the new ways of working in scrutiny.

Council received the report of the Chair of the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Policy and Scrutiny Committee (CSMC), on the work of the Committee, together with the recommendations of the Committee from their meeting held on 6 March in respect of new ways of working in scrutiny, at pages 91 to142 of the agenda papers.

Councillor Williams moved and Cllr Galvin seconded acceptance of the report and recommendations of the Committee.

Cllr Looker moved the suspension of Standing Order 25.1 to allow an amendment to be put to Minute 51 from the CSMC meeting held on 6 March 2017, concerning the terms of reference for the proposed new Scrutiny Committees.

Following the agreement of Council to the suspension of Standing Orders, Cllr Looker then moved the following amendment to recommendation b), paragraph 32 of the CSMC Chair’s report to Council, as set out on page 97 of the Council papers

 At the end of recommendation b), add the following:

“with the exception of those proposed for the scrutiny of Economy & Place which should be replaced with those set out for 2 Committees at paragraph 7 of page 130 of the Council papers, which should be piloted for 12 months and then reviewed”

Following Council agreement, Cllr Looker then moved, the motion, as amended, and on being put to the vote the amendment was CARRIED.

A vote was then taken on the original motion, as amended, which was also CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  That the amended motion relating to the terms of reference for the proposed new scrutiny committees be approved and the scrutiny report be noted. ^1.