Issue - meetings

There are enclosed with the agenda for this meeting (a) the agenda report submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) at its meeting on 13 June 2017 and (b) appendix 1 thereto namely the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2016-2017 Annual Report.

[Note Appendix 2 contained the OSC’s 2017-2018 Work Programme but this has not been included as it is not required to be the subject of a recommendation to the Council] 

The OSC made the following recommendation to the Council at this meeting.

RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s Annual Report 2016-2017 be noted.

The Council considered a report to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) at its meeting on 13 June 2017 and the first appendix thereto namely the OSC 2016-2017 Annual Report which contained a recommendation to the Council (copies attached to the official minutes).

At Mrs Hamilton’s invitation the recommendation was proposed by Mrs C M M Apel, the OSC chairman, and seconded by Mrs N D Graves, the OSC vice-chairman.

Mrs Apel presented the Annual Report, the contents of which were self-explanatory. She thanked Mrs B Jones (Principal Scrutiny Officer) and Mr S Hansford (Head of Community Services) for their work is advising and assisting the OSC and also she thanked all of the OSC members. The OSC had had a very full year, which had included inviting the Cabinet members to attend to explain their respective portfolios. She emphasised the importance of scrutiny.  

During a short discussion: 

(a)  In reply to a member’s request that the OSC should consider the way public consultations were conducted by CDC with a view to seeing how they might be improved, Mrs Shepherd (Chief Executive) said that this should be raised with Mrs Apel and that it was for the OSC and not the Council meeting to set its annual work programme. 

(b)  In reply to comments made about the quality standards of social housing within Chichester District, Mrs J L Kilby (the Cabinet Member for Housing Services) said that a task and finish group had been established by the OSC and it had agreed that all local registered social housing providers should be requested to provide evidence to CDC for a wide-ranging review now underway of its Housing Allocations Scheme.

Mrs Hamilton proposed that the recommendation on the face of the agenda be approved by the Council.        

Decision

The Council voted unanimously on a show of hands in favour of making the resolution set out below.

RESOLVED

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s Annual Report 2016-2017 be noted.