OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2010/2011
GUIDANCE FOR REVIEWING THE WORK PROGRAMME
In setting future Scrutiny topics, the Committee is asked to:
a) Demonstrate the value any investigation would have to the Council’s Community Leadership Role.
b) Consider the relationship any future topic may have with the work of the Cabinet’s Work Programme and the Council’s Corporate Plan
c) Be mindful of the public’s priorities.
d) Provide reasons for the investigation (so that Officers/Witnesses can assist Members to reach an outcome).
e) Consider the outcomes required before commencing an investigation.
f) Balance the need for new topics with existing items on the Scrutiny Work Programme.
g) Consider whether it would be helpful to time limit investigations or break down some topics into smaller areas.
h) Provide sufficient notice, where possible, in order that the Cabinet Member with responsibility for the subject, Officers and outside
witnesses/attendees can fully assist the Committee.
Date of
Meeting
Topic
April 5
2011
Budget
Monitoring Period
10
June 22
2011
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Budget
Monitoring
Cyclical
To monitor
progress
Annual
update
Street Signs
Update
Nick Baker/Eric
Seward
First class
resource
management
Health Strategy
Update
Nick Baker/Penny
Bevan Jones
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
Treasury
Management
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Annual
Date of
Meeting
Topic
June 22
2011
Debt
Management
Annual Report
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Louise
Wolsey/Peter
Moore
Performance
Management
Annual Report
Helen
Thomas/Graham
Jones
All
Annual
Business
Continuity Update
Steve Hems/Eric
Seward
First class
resource
management
Six-monthly
update, due
in May, but
no meeting in
that month
because of
new Member
Induction.
Outturn report
2010/11
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Gypsy and
Traveller Site
Update
Steve Hems/Eric
Seward
First class
resource
management
Update
requested by
Members
Environmental
Sustainability
Update
Eric
Seward/Helen
Dixon
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
To monitor
progress
July 20
2011
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Annual
Six monthly
update
Date of
Meeting
Topic
July 20
2011
Active
Communities
Restructure
Health Strategy
Update
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Philip Burton
Nick Baker/Penny
Bevan Jones
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
Report
requested by
the
Committee
18.02.11
Standing
item
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Domestic
Violence
Sept 20
2011
October
18
2011
How/where/
when
Six monthly
update
Budget
Monitoring
Cyclical
Budget
Monitoring Period
4
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Compliments,
Complaints and
Suggestions
Estelle Packham/
Graham Jones
First class
resource
management
6-monthly
review
Performance
Management
Helen
Thomas/Graham
Jones
Steve
Blatch/Helen
Dixon/Ming
Chang/Penny
Bevan Jones
Nick Baker/Penny
Bevan Jones
All
Cyclical
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Update.
Topic first
introduced in
March.
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
Fuel Poverty
Health Strategy
Update
Date of
Meeting
Topic
Nov 16
2011
Budget
Monitoring Period
6
Dec 13
2011
Feb 22
2012
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Cyclical
Half Yearly
Treasury
Management
Report for
2011/2012
Tony Brown/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Financial Strategy
2012/13 –
2014/15
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Health Strategy
Update
Nick Baker/Penny
Bevan Jones
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
2011/12 Revised
Budget
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Treasury
Management
Strategy
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
2012/2013 Base
Budget and
Projections for
2013/14 to
2015/16
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Date of
Meeting
Topic
Feb 22
2012
Budget
Monitoring Period
9
Health Strategy
Update
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Cyclical
Nick Baker/Penny
Bevan Jones
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
March 28 Budget
2012
Monitoring Period
10
Karen Sly/Peter
Moore
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
March 28 Review of
2012 or
effectiveness of
TBA
Norfolk
Development
Company
Robin Smith/Clive
Stockton
Item on
All
Scrutiny
agendas
Eric Seward/
Scrutiny Officer
Scrutiny
Committee Work
Programme
Requested
by Members
March 2011
High
Helping the
District
reach its full
potential
and improve
services
Ensuring
that the
Council’s
Services are
relevant and
accessible
to all
All
Keep the
Scrutiny Work
Programme
under review
At
Committee