Agenda and minutes

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Committee;

(b)               all other Members present.

There were no declarations.

To appoint (subject to confirmation of the Committee’s membership) a Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the Municipal Year 2011/12.

RESOLVED:  To appoint Councillor Paul Osborn as Vice-Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the 2011/12 Municipal Year.

To consider the establishment of and appointment of Members to the Sub-Committees of this Committee for the Municipal Year 2011/12, including the appointment of Chairmen under Committee Procedure Rule 7.2.

[NOTE 1:  Members are asked to note that subsidiary body memberships must be determined in accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and regulations made thereunder.

Therefore, whilst the Committee has to confirm the membership of its Sub-Committees to comply with the Local Government Act 1972, the actual nominations of named Councillors are decided by each group, from within the membership of that group.

It is not open to the Committee to seek to change or to delay the nominations duly made by a group.  It is only if there is a failure to make a nomination or to act in due time that the Committee may seek to consider the matter further].

[NOTE 2: The proposed membership of the Sub-Committees relevant to this Committee and the nominees proposed will follow on a Supplemental Agenda].

The Committee considered a report setting out the proposed memberships and Chairmen of the Sub-Committees for 2011/12 which, in accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, was admitted late to the agenda in order to enable the Sub-Committees to be established.

RESOLVED:  That the Sub-Committees of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee be established for the Municipal Year 2011/12 with the memberships and Chairmen as detailed in Appendix I to these minutes.

To appoint the Policy and Performance Lead Members for Scrutiny for the Municipal Year 2011/12.

[Note: The proposed appointments will be tabled at the meeting].

The Committee considered proposals relating to Lead Members for Scrutiny for 2011/12 which, in accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, were admitted late to the agenda in order to enable Lead Members to be agreed.

RESOLVED:  That the Scrutiny Lead Members be agreed, as detailed in Appendix II to these minutes.