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Agenda item

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2020/21

To consider the forthcoming work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Minutes:

55.1          Attention was drawn to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2020/21, circulated at Pages No. 26-34, which Members were asked to consider.

55.2          The Head of Corporate Services apologised for the printing error which had resulted in some of the items being split across two pages and some of the pages duplicated. He advised that he would be taking the Work Programme to Management Team for discussion on Monday to understand if the main items in March and April would be coming forward. In terms of the meeting on 9 March, the Head of Community Services advised that the Private Rented Housing Sector Scheme was in the process of being evaluated but the member of staff doing that work was currently on sickness absence so it may be delayed.

55.3          Referring to the ‘pending items’, a Member questioned whether there was any update on when the presentation from Severn Trent would be received. In response, the Head of Community Services advised that he had not had any contact with Severn Trent to date but he would make contact and invite them to a future meeting.

55.4          A Member noted that the Climate Change and Flood Risk Management Group was due to report back to the Committee in July. He understood there had been some issues in his area with flooding and he had asked those Parishes affected to compile a list of the issues encountered so they could be reported on a multi-agency basis but he felt it important to understand what input the Committee would have to any multi-agency meeting and how Members and Parishes could be more involved in the Climate Change and Flood Risk Management Group when it discussed such issues. In response, the Head of Community Services advised that the Council’s flooding response was not something that was discussed at the Climate Change and Flood Risk Management Group but an Officer review was currently being undertaken and he could bring some learning from that to a future meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. In terms of the report of the Climate Change and Flood Risk Management Group which was due in July, the Head of Development Services and Head of Finance and Asset Management would be discussing the form that would take now they had taken over lead responsibility for it from the Deputy Chief Executive.

55.5          A Member referred to the ‘Planning Committee Overturns’ item which was due to be received in February and questioned why that would no longer be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. In response, he was advised that planning performance was scrutinised through the Key Performance Indicators. The Minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee made it clear that the framework for the production of the Key Performance Indicators had been endorsed by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and outturn figures would be considered by the Planning Committee on an annual basis thereafter. A report was programmed for consideration by the Planning Committee in February.

55.6          Accordingly, it was

                 RESOLVED           That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Work Programme                                   2020/21 be NOTED.

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