Issue - meetings

To approve the guides to overview and scrutiny produced by Democratic Services for the council’s website.

The Democratic Services Manager introduced the scrutiny guides which had been designed by Democratic Services to provide more information on overview and scrutiny and would be available on the council’s website and via the intranet. They contained an overall introduction to overview and scrutiny and there were specific sections for the public, members and officers who were going to be involved in some way. The public guide explained how members of the public could get involved by asking a question, being invited to be a co-optee on a task group or being a witness at a meeting.  The section for councillors explained how they could nominate a topic for scrutiny and the final section for officers explained the process if they are called to assist in a scrutiny review. The guides would considerably enhance the information on scrutiny available on the website and she invited members comments before their publication.

Resolved that the scrutiny guides be endorsed and made available on the website