Issue - meetings

Consideration of Scrutiny Group Work Programmes

Meeting: 19/11/2024 - Corporate Overview Group (Item 26)

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Report of the Director – Finance and Corporate Services

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman confirmed that there were no new scrutiny requests for the Group to consider and stated this reflected a positive sign that the Council and its services were in good shape.

 

The Group did not raise any additional items for the scrutiny group work programmes and were reminded that officers were reviewing possible areas of work that could come forward for review.

 

It was RESOLVED that the Corporate Overview Group:

 

a)    Considered any additional items for scrutiny from the current Cabinet Forward Plan, Corporate Strategy, Medium Term Financial Strategy, Capital and Investment Strategy and Transformation and Efficiency Programme/Productivity Plan (Appendix One)

 

b)    Reviewed the current work programme for each of the scrutiny groups (Appendix Two).

 

Work Programme 2024/25 – Corporate Overview Group

 

25 February 2025

·       Standing items

o   Feedback from Scrutiny Group Chairmen

o   Feedback from Lead Officer

o   Consideration of Scrutiny Group Work Programmes

o   Financial and Performance Management

·       Rolling Items

o   White Ribbon Action Plan 

X June 2025

·       Standing items

o   Feedback from Scrutiny Group Chairmen

o   Feedback from Lead Officer

o   Consideration of Scrutiny Group Work Programmes

o   Financial and Performance Management

·       Rolling Items

o   Diversity Annual Report and Update on the Equality and Diversity Strategy

o   Annual Update on Strategic Tasks  

X September 2025

·       Standing items

o   Feedback from Scrutiny Group Chairmen

o   Feedback from Lead Officer

o   Consideration of Scrutiny Group Work Programmes

o   Financial and Performance Management

·       Rolling Items

o   Health and Safety Annual Report

 

 

 

 

Work Programme 2024/25 – Governance Scrutiny Group

 

28 November 2024

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

·       Redmond Review of Public Sector Audit Update

·       Capital and Investment Strategy Update

·       RIPA Review

20 February 2025

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

·       Internal Audit Strategy

·       Risk Management – Update

·       Capital and Investment Strategy Update

·       External annual Audit Plan

·       Asset Management Plan

·       Annual Audit Letter and Value for Money Conclusion

·       Capital and Investment Strategy 2024/25

X May 2025

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

·       Internal Audit Annual Report

·       Annual Fraud Report

·       Annual Governance Statement (AGS)

·       Capital and Investment Strategy Outturn

·       Constitution Update

·       Code of Conduct

X September 2025

·       Risk Management Update

·       Going Concern

·       Capital and Investment Strategy Update

·       Internal Audit Progress Report

 

Work Programme 2024/25 – Growth and Development Scrutiny Group

 

29 January 2025

·       Health of our Town and Village Centres

26 March 2025

·       Management of Open Spaces on New Developments

XX July 2025

·        

XX October 2025

·        

 

Work Programme 2024/25 – Communities Scrutiny Group

 

23 January 2025

·       Residents Survey

·       Nottinghamshire Local Nature Recovery/Strategy

3 April 2025

·       Carbon Management Plan

XX July 2025

·        

XX October 2025

·        

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actions

 

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Action

Officer Responsible

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Link to Emergency Planning for Councillors on the Councillors Portal

A link to Emergency Planning information has been added to the top of the Cllrs Portal homepage

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Councillor Plant requested details of the Council’s current traveller site provision and what locations, within the local plan, were being considered for future traveller sites.

Information about traveller sites has been emailed to Members of the Group