Committee details
Strategic Monitoring Committee
Purpose of committee
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
Membership
Contact information
Support officer: Tim Brown, Committee Manager Scrutiny.