Agenda item

RECOMMENDATION:

To consider and comment on the draft O&S Annual Report for 2015/16.

The Committee is asked to consider whether they are happy with the draft report (attached) and to make amendments where necessary. Any comments should be submitted to Democratic Services by Friday, 13 May 2016 for inclusion in the final version. 

A copy of each Select Committee section of the report has been sent to the relevant Chairman and lead officer of that committee for comments.

This draft is still incomplete as not all Panels have held their last meeting for the year at the time this agenda went to print.

The final report will be submitted to the next Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 7 June 2016 for endorsement and then on to the nearest Full Council meeting.

The Committee considered the draft Overview and Scrutiny annual report. They noted that a copy of each Select Committee section of the report had been sent to the relevant Chairman and Lead Officer for comment. The draft was still incomplete as not all Committees had held their final meeting by the time the agenda went to print. If there were more any comments, they should be submitted to Democratic Services by Friday, 13 May 2016.

A final version of the report would be submitted to the next Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 7 June 2016 for endorsement and then on to the nearest full Council meeting.

Councillor Neville queried a point under the Neighbourhood and Communities Select Committee section, item (xii) on the 20mph speed limit. He thought that bullet point 6 should say between 20 and 24mph and not 24 and 29mph. 24 to 29mph was for Urban Areas.  Officers agreed to look into this and change as appropriate.

Councillor Janet Whitehouse said that there was an omission under the Governance Select Committee section, item (i) Review of Elections – May 2015 – Lessons Learnt. It should have had something about the mix up of ballot books and the lesson learnt from that issue. Councillor Church (Chairman of that Select Committee) agreed that this should be included. Officers said that they would alter the report to include this point.

RESOLVED:

That subject to the comments on the speed limits and the review of elections item, the draft Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report for 2015/16 be agreed.