Issue - meetings

The report of the Executive Manager – Finance and Corporate Services is attached.

The Chairman of the Governance Scrutiny Group informed the Group that the Risk Management item scheduled on the December 2019 agenda would be moved to September 2019. The Chairman also noted that the Group would be scrutinising the delivery of investments and the Council’s assets as part of the 6 monthly asset and investment review in December 2019. 

The Chairman of the Growth and Development Scrutiny Group stated that the Group would be visiting the Abbey Road site in advance of their first meeting scheduled on the 15 October. The Chairman was also keen to invite the relevant portfolio holder(s) to the Group’s meetings in order to answer their questions.

The Chairman of the Communities Scrutiny Group informed the Group that a partnership presentation by the Trent Bridge Community Trust would be delivered to Councillors on the 27 September in order for newly elected Councillors to find out more information before the partnership was scrutinised on the 3 October. The Chairman was also keen to scrutinise the Council’s Carbon Management Plan as a review of the 2010 Carbon Management Plan was due to be considered by Cabinet no later than March 2020. It was also agreed that the Public Spaces Protection Order would be scrutinised by the Communities Scrutiny Group before being considered by Council in December 2019. 

Following the updates from the Scrutiny Group Chairmen, the Group discussed potential additional topics to be discussed at scrutiny groups. Topics discussed by the Group included the negotiation and delivery of Section 106 agreements, the development of Fairham and the Bingham Growth Programmes; and Planning particularly enforcement to be revisited. It was advised that the Group should see if the topics met the criteria of the scrutiny matrix in order for them to be scrutinised or whether forthcoming training sessions would provide sufficient assurance. The Group were also informed that a report regarding Edwalton Golf Club would be considered by Cabinet by the end of the year.

It was RESOLVED that

a)    The scrutiny work programme matrices be updated to reflect the aforementioned stated topics and any other comments on their inclusion be forwarded on by the Executive Manager Finance and Corporate Services and agreed with the Corporate Overview Group Chairman; and

b)    Relevant Scrutiny Group Chairmen invite portfolio holders, if it is deemed necessary, to attend their respective meetings.