Agenda and minutes

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 3rd October, 2013 6.30 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Ryedale House, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7HH. View directions

Contact: Faye Snowden 

Recording: Listen to the recording

Items
No. Item

23.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Councillor Mrs Shields

Councillor Richardson

 

24.

Minutes of the meeting held on 27 June 2013

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Decision

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on the 27 June 2013 and 25 September 2013 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

 

 

 

25.

Urgent Business

To receive notice of any urgent business which the Chairman considers should be dealt with at the meeting as a matter of urgency by virtue of Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

Minutes:

There was one item of urgent business:

 

Attendance at Policy Committees

 

The reason for urgency was that the matter required addressing ahead of the next round of Policy Committees.

 

26.

Declarations of Interest

Members to indicate whether they will be declaring any interests under the Code of Conduct.

 

Members making a declaration of interest at a meeting of a Committee or Council are required to disclose the existence and nature of that interest.  This requirement is not discharged by merely declaring a personal interest without further explanation.

Minutes:

Councillor Collinson declared a personal and pecuniary but not prejudicial

interest for agenda item 10.

 

27.

Customer Complaints Received quarter 1 (2013/14)

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Business Support Manager.

 

Decision

 

That the report be accepted.

 

28.

Internal Audit - Q1 Monitoring Report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Corporate Director (s151)

 

Decision

 

That the report be received.

 

29.

Annual Governance Statement Action Plan

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Corporate Director (s151)

 

Decision

 

That the report be received.

 

30.

Corporate Risk Register

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Corporate Risk Register.

 

Decision

 

That the register be received.

 

31.

Final Report - Scrutiny Review of Member roles on outside bodies and as Member Champions

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Council Solicitor.

 

Decision

 

That the report on Member roles on outside bodies and as Member Champions be agreed.

 

32.

Topic for the next Scrutiny Review

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Considered – Report of the Head of Corporate Services.

 

Decision

 

That Members of the Committee agreed that ‘Localism and Fuel Poverty’ be the topic for the next scrutiny review. All Members present agreed to attend the initial meeting of the task group to be held on Thursday 7 November 2013 at 6.30 pm, here at Ryedale House.

 

33.

Decisions from other Committees

Commissioning Board held on 19 September 2013

Policy and Resources Committee held on 26 September 2013 – To follow.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Commissioning Board meeting held on the 19 September 2013 and the Policy and Resources Committee held on 26 September 2013 were presented.

 

Decision

 

That the minutes be received

 

34.

Any other business that the Chairman decides is urgent.

Minutes:

The Chairman reminded all Councillors of their responsibility to attend Policy Committee as per the rota agreed at the meeting of Overview and Scrutiny Committee 27 June 2013.

 

 

The meeting closed at 7:55 pm.