Appendix D
OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME 2011/2012
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
March 28 Budget
2012
Monitoring Period
10
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
Street Signs
Update
Scott Martin/John
Lee
Car Parks
Jill
Fisher/Wyndham
Northam
Tenancy Strategy
Karen Hill/Keith
Johnson
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
First class
resource
management
To monitor
progress
First class
resource
management
19
How/where/
when
Cyclical
Annual
update
Date of
Meeting
Topic
March 28 Introduction of
2012
Fees for Preapplication
Advice and “Do I
need Planning
Permission?”
Enquiries
April 17
2012
May 23
2012
Workshop
(Possibly to
include the
Annual Plan)
Waste Contract
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Steve
Oxenham/Keith
Johnson
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
To review the
work
programme
John Lee/Barry
Brandford
First class
resource
management
Planning
Enforcement
Keith
Johnson/Steve
Oxenham
First class
resource
management
Compliments,
Complaints and
Suggestions
Estelle Packham/
Tom FitzPatrick
First class
resource
management
6-monthly
review,
deferred from
28 March
Shared Services
including ICT
procurement for
Revenues and
Benefits
replacement
systems
Wyndham
Northam/Louise
Wolsey
First class
resource
management
Quarterly
review
deferred from
28 March.
20
To be
reviewed
Date of
Meeting
Topic
June 26
2012
Treasury
Management
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
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
Debt
Management
Annual Report
Louise Wolsey/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
RIPA/
Surveillance
Nick Baker/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
Outturn report
2010/11
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Annual
Performance
Management
Annual Report
Helen
Thomas/Keith
Johnson
All
Cyclical
Gypsy and
Traveller Site
Update
Steve Hems/John
Lee
First class
resource
management
Shared Services
including ICT
procurement for
Revenues and
Benefits
replacement
systems
Wyndham
Northam/Louise
Wolsey
First class
resource
management
6 month
update
requested by
Members
Quarterly
review
requested by
Members
21
Annual
Date of
Meeting
Topic
July 24
2012
Environmental
Sustainability
Update
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
John Lee/Helen
Dixon
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
Six monthly
update
Civil
Contingencies
and Business
Continuity Update
(To include
progress at
Walcott)
Health Strategy
Update (to
include update
on Health
Trainer work
and warm
homes scheme)
Budget
Monitoring Period
4
Richard
Cook/John Lee
First class
resource
management
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Compliments,
Complaints and
Suggestions
Estelle Packham/
Tom FitzPatrick
First class
resource
management
6-monthly
review
Animal Control
Nick Baker/ John
Lee
First class
resource
management/
Protecting the
Environment
Annual
review
22
Six-monthly
update.
Budget
Monitoring
Cyclical
Date of
Meeting
Topic
July 24
2012
Shared Services
including ICT
procurement for
Revenues and
Benefits
replacement
systems
Nov 21
2012
Budget
Monitoring Period
6
Karen Sly/
Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Half Yearly
Treasury
Management
Report for
2012/2013
Tony
Brown/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
2012/13 Revised
Budget
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
Quarterly
review
requested by
Members
Budget
Monitoring Period
9
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
First class
resource
management
Cyclical
Dec 18
2012
February
20 2013
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Wyndham
Northam/Louise
Wolsey
Priority
Impact on
District/
Community
23
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
Quarterly
review
requested by
Members
Date of
Meeting
Topic
February
20 2013
2013/2014 Base
Budget and
Projections for
2014/15 to
2016/17
TBA
Review of
effectiveness of
Norfolk
Development
Company
Robin Smith/Tom
FitzPatrick
Requested
by Members
March 2011
Economic
Development
Strategy
Robin Smith/Tom
FitzPatrick
Requested
by Members
4 October
2011
Annual Plan
(Corporate Plan)
Sheila
Oxtoby/Helen
Eales
Jill Fisher/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
Shoreline
Management
Plan
Suicide/Mental
Health
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Karen
Sly/Wyndham
Northam
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
All
Sonia
Shuter/Angie
Fitch-Tillett
Requested
by Members
Business Rates
and Second
Homes Council
Tax
The impact of car
park charges
24
Date of
Meeting
Topic
June or
July
Coastal Issues
Item on
All
Scrutiny
agendas
Scrutiny
Committee Work
Programme
Organisation/
Officer/
Responsible
Portfolio Holder
Eric Seward/
Scrutiny Officer
Priority
High
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
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
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