To consider the content of the Annual Review of Effectiveness - Scrutiny Review.

Council considered a report by the Statutory Scrutiny Officer which provided the outcomes of the scrutiny review and recommended changes to the council’s constitution.

Councillor Roger Phillips moved the report and proposed the recommendations and Councillor Jonathan Lester seconded the recommendations.

There was an adjournment at 11:19 a.m.; the meeting reconvened at 11:28 a.m.

Councillor Liz Harvey proposed and Councillor Pauline Crockett seconded an amendment to the proposed recommendations as below:

That Council:

1. Receives and notes the contents of the Scrutiny Review (in appendix 1) and agrees the Statutory Scrutiny Officer’s recommendations except:

- Council proposes a reduction in the number of scrutiny committees from five to four, and

2. That public questions are focussed on agenda items under consideration by the committee meeting to which they are submitted.

Council debated the amendment.

The amendment was put to the vote and was lost by a simple majority.

The original recommendations were put to the vote and were carried by a simple majority.

RESOLVED – That:

Council:

1. Agrees with the contents of the Scrutiny Review (in appendix 1) and the Statutory Scrutiny Officer’s recommendations;

2. Agrees that the number of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees should remain as current (as set out in 9 J, below); and

3. Authority is given to the Monitoring Officer to make any requisite changes and amendments to the council’s constitution as a result of the Statutory Scrutiny Officer’s recommendations (as set out in 9 M-O, below).

There was an adjournment at 11:33 a.m.; the meeting reconvened at 11:55 a.m.