HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL'S OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

The principal role of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to:

·         Help in developing Council policy

·        Probe, investigate, test the options and ask the difficult questions before and after decisions are taken

·        Look in more detail at areas of concern which may have been raised by the Cabinet itself, by other Councillors or by members of the public

·        "call in" decisions  - this is a statutory power which gives Scrutiny Committees the right to place a decision on hold pending further scrutiny.

·        Review performance of the Council

·        Conduct Best Value reviews

·        Undertake external scrutiny work engaging partners and the public

Formal meetings of the Committees are held in public.

Please contact Mr Tim Brown, Committee Manager (Scrutiny) on (01432) 260239 or e-mail tbrown@herefordshire.gov.uk