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OSC 2020-21 Annual Report and 2021-22 Work Programme

Meeting: 20/07/2021 - Council (Item 24)

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The Council is requested to note the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020-21 Annual Report attached.

Minutes:

Cllr Moss introduced the report and wished to thank officers for their support over the last year. In particular he wished to thank Katherine Davis from Democratic Services. Cllr Moss explained that he would be stepping down as Chairman of Overview and Scrutiny Committee but wanted to highlight the role of scrutiny in democracy.

 

Cllr Moss proposed the recommendation which was seconded by Cllr Bangert. In a vote the following resolution was agreed.

 

RESOLVED

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2020-21 Annual Report be noted.


Meeting: 15/06/2021 - Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 14)

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That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee is requested to consider and agree its 2020-2021 Annual Report and the 2021-2022 Work Programme and to recommend them to the Council for noting.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the Annual Report written with the support of officers and invited questions and comments from the Committee Members.  In response to comments, the Chairman confirmed his view of the importance of scrutiny and agreed the priority to invite statutory organisations to attend the Committees meetings and respond to the Committees questions.

 

Officers responded to Members’ questions and comments:

 

·         With regards to the roll out of vehicle charging points, Mr Frost confirmed that the tendering of the project by West Sussex County Council was currently awaited following the withdrawal of the original chosen provider.  Mr Frost added that the formal West Sussex County agreement was also awaited and then the Council could review and assess if they wished to join the scheme.

·         With regards to the reporting of progress of the Southern Gateway project, Mrs Hotchkiss confirmed a report would be presented to full Council when the Development Agreement was ready to be signed and subsequently, a quarterly report would be provided.

·         On the matter of the Local Plan, Mr Frost advised that the work was reported to the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel (DPIP) as the appropriate forum. 

 

The Chairman advised that ‘Planning Issues – Enforcement and Local Plan Programme’ was included in March 2022 as a possible Work Programme item.  He had agreed to leave this on the Work Programme, the main points for debate would be discussed with officers and it may be appropriate to leave this item for Planning Committee or DPIP with a focus on any OSC related items being considered by OSC as required.  Mr Frost added that Council had recently approved the revised Local Development Scheme, which was the timescale for the Local Plan and Members will wish to monitor progress with the next key milestone as the update report, which would be taken to full Council next month.

 

The recommendation was seconded by Mrs Apel.

 

Resolved

 

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee is requested to consider and agree its 2020-2021 Annual Report and the 2021-2022 Work Programme, and to recommend them to the Council for noting.

Members took a ten minute break.


 

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