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
Community
Infrastructure
Levy
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Steve
Blatch/Helen
Dixon/Ming
Chang/Keith
Johnson
Mark
Ashwell/Trevor
Ivory
October
18
2011
Fuel Poverty
Health Strategy
Update
Nick Baker/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
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
How/where/
when
Update.
Topic first
introduced in
March.
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Referred by
the Planning
Policy and
Built Heritage
Working
party
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
Date of
Meeting
Topic
October
18 2011
Waste Contract
Nov 16
2011
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Nick Baker/John
Lee
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
To monitor
progress
3-monthly
update
requested by
Members
Norfolk Coalition
of Disabled
People –
Presentation
Kate
Sullivan/Keith
Johnson
Budget
Monitoring Period
6
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Half Yearly
Treasury
Management
Report for
2011/2012
Tony
Brown/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Financial Strategy
2012/13 –
2014/15
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Shared Services
including ICT
procurement for
Revenues and
Benefits
replacement
systems
Wyndham
Northam/Louise
Wolsey
First class
resource
management
Date of
Meeting
Topic
Nov 16
2011
Planning
Performance
Update
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Steve
Oxenham/Keith
Johnson
Financial Plan
2011/12 –
2014/15
Sheila
Oxtoby/Wyndham
Northam
All
Health Strategy
Update
Nick Baker/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
2011/12 Revised
Budget
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Gypsy and
Traveller Site
Update
Steve Hems/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
Civil
Contingencies
and Business
Continuity Update
Environmental
Sustainability
Update
Steve Hems/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
6 month
update
requested by
Members
Six-monthly
update.
John Lee/Helen
Dixon
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Dec 13
2011
Jan 25
2012
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
To monitor
progress
How/where/
when
Six monthly
update
Date of
Meeting
Topic
January
25 2011
Waste Contract
Feb 22
2012
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Nick Baker/John
Lee
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
To monitor
progress
3-monthly
update
requested by
Members
Annual Plan
(Corporate Plan)
Sheila
Oxtoby/Helen
Eales
All
Housing Strategy
Karen Hill/Keith
Johnson
First class
resource
management
Treasury
Management
Strategy
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Budget
Monitoring Period
9
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
2012/2013 Base
Budget and
Projections for
2013/14 to
2015/16
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Health Strategy
Update
Nick Baker/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
Active and
Sustainable
Communities
Standing
item
Date of
Meeting
Topic
Feb 22
2011
Performance
Management
(Quarter 3)
March 28 Budget
2012
Monitoring Period
10
June
2012
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Helen
Thomas/Keith
Johnson
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
All
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Cyclical
Cyclical
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Street Signs
Update
Nick Baker/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
To monitor
progress
Annual
update
Waste Contract
Nick Baker/John
Lee
To monitor
progress
3-monthly
update
requested by
Members
Compliments,
Complaints and
Suggestions
Estelle Packham/
Tom FitzPatrick
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
First class
resource
management
Treasury
Management
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Annual
Debt
Management
Annual Report
Louise Wolsey/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Annual
Civil
Contingencies
and Business
Continuity Update
Steve Hems/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
Six-monthly
update.
6-monthly
review
Date of
Meeting
Topic
June
2012
Outturn report
2010/11
July
2012
Sept
2012
TBA
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
RIPA/
Surveillance
Nick Baker/John
Lee
Performance
Management
Annual Report
Environmental
Sustainability
Update
Helen
Thomas/Keith
Johnson
John Lee/Helen
Dixon
Budget
Monitoring Period
4
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
First class
resource
management
All
Cyclical
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
To monitor
progress
Six monthly
update
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Budget
Monitoring
Cyclical
Compliments,
Complaints and
Suggestions
Estelle Packham/
Tom FitzPatrick
First class
resource
management
6-monthly
review
Animal Control
Nick Baker/ John
Lee
Annual
review
Annual Equality
Report
Helen
Thomas/Keith
Johnson
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
All
Cyclical
Date of
Meeting
Topic
TBA
Review of
effectiveness of
Norfolk
Development
Company
Item on
All
Scrutiny
agendas
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Robin Smith/Tom
FitzPatrick
Economic
Development
Strategy
Robin Smith/Tom
FitzPatrick
Shoreline
Management
Plan
Jill Fisher/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
Localism
Consultation
Philip
Burton/Trevor
Ivory
Scrutiny
Committee Work
Programme
Eric Seward/
Scrutiny Officer
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
Impact on
Equality and
Diversity
Links with
Changing Gear
and Work of the
Cabinet
Objectives and
Desired
Outcomes
How/where/
when
Requested
by Members
March 2011
Requested
by Members
4 October
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