Agenda and minutes

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29.

Attendance by Reserve Members

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

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RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Members:-

 

Ordinary Member

 

Reserve Member

 

Councillor Phillip O’Dell

Councillor Sasi Suresh

 

30.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members present.

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RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interest made by Members.

31.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 126 KB

That the minutes of the meetings held on the following dates be taken as read and signed as a correct record:

 

·       10 January 2023

·       9 February 2023

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RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meetings held on 10 January 2023 and 9 February 2023 be taken as read and signed as correct records subject to noting that Councillor Dan Anderson had submitted his apologies for the meeting held on 9 February and that Councillor Sasi Suresh had been the Reserve Member.

32.

Public Questions

To receive any public questions received.

 

Questions will be asked in the order in which they were received.  There will be a time limit of 15 minutes for the asking and answering of public questions.

 

[The deadline for receipt of public questions is 3.00 pm, 13 April 2023.  Questions should be sent to publicquestions@harrow.gov.uk  

No person may submit more than one question].

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RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions had been received.

33.

Petitions

To receive petitions (if any) submitted by members of the public/Councillors.

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RESOLVED:  To note that no petitions had been received.

34.

References from Council/Cabinet

(if any).

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RESOLVED:  To note that no references had been received.

Recommended Item

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35.

Scrutiny Annual Report pdf icon PDF 92 KB

Report of the Acting Corporate Director, Resources, Strategy and Partnerships.

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Members received the Scrutiny Annual Report 2022-23 which had been developed by the Scrutiny Leadership Group and outlined the activities of the Committee and scrutiny sub-committees and scrutiny lead Members during the 2022-23 municipal year.

 

A Member stated that it had been an interesting year given the changes in Administration, senior leadership, offices and membership of the Committee.  He expressed concern at the late receipt of a number of reports and suggested that this should perhaps have been reflected in the Annual Report.  Another Member added that the Committee had received both the budget report and Corporate Plan late which had limited the amount of time Members had to scrutinise them.  The Chair responded that the minutes of the 9 February meeting reflected this concern which had also been expressed by the Vice-Chair at the time.

 

The Committee noted that the attendance record set out in the appendix to the Annual Report required correction in that Councillor Dan Anderson and Councillor Eden Kulig had submitted their apologies for the meeting held on 9 February 2023 and Councillor Sasi Suresh had attended as Councillor Anderson’s reserve.

 

Resolved to RECOMMEND:  (to Council) 

 

That the Scrutiny Annual Report 2022-2023 be endorsed.

 

RESOLVED:  That the Scrutiny Annual Report 2022-2023 be agreed.

36.

Vote of Thanks

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The Chair expressed his appreciation and thanks to Members for their work and contributions.  He also thanked officers for their support.

 

A Member endorsed the sentiments expressed by the Chair and thanked him for all his work.