Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Room One, County Offices, Newland, Lincoln LN1 1YL
Contact: Catherine Wilman Democratic Services Officer
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Apologies for Absence/Replacement Members Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors A Bridges, L A Cawrey, R L Foulkes and Mrs A M Newton.
The Chief Executive reported that, under Local Government (Committee and Political Groups) Regulations 1990, Councillors B Dobson and R Wootten had been appointed to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board to replace Councillors A Bridges and R Foulkes respectively for this meeting only.
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Declarations of Members' Interests Minutes: No interests were declared. |
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Minutes of the meeting held on 27 July 2017 PDF 173 KB Minutes: RESOLVED
That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 July 2017 be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. |
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Announcements by the Chairman, Executive Councillor for Resources and Communications and Chief Operating Officer Minutes: The Chairman reported that he had attended the meeting of the Executive on 5 September 2017 where he had raised concerns with the Leader regarding the Quarter 1 Performance report not coming to the Board before the Executive meeting. It was noted that the Quarter 1 performance report would be considered by Executive before the Board again next year due to when the information would be available in the meeting cycle.
A solution to this would be to cancel the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting on 26 July 2018 and move it to Thursday 30 August 2018. The information would be available for an August 2018 Board meeting and could therefore be considered before the Executive would meet on 4 September 2018. |
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Consideration of Call-Ins Minutes: No call-ins had been received. |
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Consideration of Councillor Calls for Action Minutes: There had been no Councillor Calls for Action. |
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Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Report 2017/18 PDF 14 KB (To receive a report by David Forbes (County Finance Officer), which invites the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board to consider a report on theRevenue and Capital Budget Monitoring Report 2017/18 which is being presented to the Executive on 3 October 2017. The views of the Board will be reported to the Executive as part of its consideration of this item)
Additional documents: Minutes: The Board was presented with a report which would be considered by the Executive at its meeting on 3 October 2017. Any comments made by the Board would be noted and passed to the Executive as part of its consideration of the item.
During discussion of the item, the following comments were made:
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2017/18 Council Business Plan Quarter 1 PDF 35 KB (To receive a report by Jasmine Sodhi (Performance and Equalities Manager),which invites the Board to consider a report on the 2017/18 Council Business Plan Quarter 1 which was presented to the Executive on 5 September 2017. Although the views of OSMB are usually reported to the Executive as part of its consideration of this item, due to timeliness of reporting, the Committee timetable has meant that we are unable to report in the usual sequence for Quarter 1. However, any points OSMB wishes to bring to the attention of the Executive Councillors will be shared after the meeting)
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Minutes: The Board was presented with a report which had been considered by the Executive at its meeting on 5 September 2017.
During discussion of the item, the following comments were made in relation to Appendix B (Summary of those measures where the target was not achieved in Quarter 1):
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Scrutiny Committee Work Programmes PDF 231 KB (To receive a report by Tracy Johnson (Senior Scrutiny Officer), which sets out the work programmes of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee; and the Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee, in accordance with the Board's agreed programme)
Minutes: Consideration was given to a report which set out the work programmes of the:
· Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee; and · Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee.
The Board was requested to make any necessary suggestions on the content of the work programmes.
Statements from the Chairmen in relation to the work programmes were circulated at the meeting.
Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
In the absence of the Chairman, a member of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee, Councillor R Wootten updated the Members on the work being undertaken by the Committee.
It was noted that the Chairman of the Committee, Councillor R Foulkes wished to highlight the following areas of work to the Committee:
· SEND Review; · Prevent Strategy; and · Restorative Panels Pilot.
It was highlighted that a Councillor training session on Prevent was being organised to take place in November 2017 to which all Councillors would be invited.
The Restorative Panels Pilot was being considered at the Committee's March 2018 meeting. The benefits of restorative justice for the small core of repeat young offenders in Lincolnshire, was considered to be of high importance, especially if they came from a family of criminals where committing crimes was deemed normal.
It was noted that, at its last meeting, Councillor S R Dodds had been elected as Chairman of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Boards Scrutiny Sub Group.
With a 50% reduction in the number of children excluded from primary schools, Mr Rudman, (Church Representative) explained that an alternative curriculum for excluded pupils had been used and this had reduced the number of exclusions.
Items yet to be programmed included School funding and the impact of the National Funding Formula implementations. There was discussion regarding the suggestion from NASUWT that some schools were squirreling away spare cash. Questions were asked regarding how much schools in Lincolnshire were saving. Mrs Barnett, (Parent Governor Representative) highlighted that at her school, the governors were privy to the accounts each year, and could see where money was going. Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee
It was highlighted at this point, that it was considered good practice for the Chairman and Vice Chairman to regularly meet with their Committee's relevant Executive Councillor.
There were three key areas that the Chairman, Councillor N H Pepper wished the Committee to be made aware of:
· The Committee would consider The Citizen Engagement Strategy at its next meeting; · Assisting Rehabilitation through Collaboration would be considered by the Committee sitting as the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Committee in early 2018; · The Theatre in Education play Too Fast Too Soon would be performed for Councillors at its next meeting on 31 October 2017 at 1.30pm. Any Councillors wishing to see this were welcome to attend; · The Committee's current working group on Future Governance Models for the Heritage Service had held its first and second meetings.
RESOLVED
1. That the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board be satisfied with the content of the work programmes of: · The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee (Appendix A ... view the full minutes text for item 33. |
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Future Scrutiny Reviews (An item which provides the Board with the opportunity to discuss potential topics for future scrutiny reviews) Minutes: The Board was given an opportunity to consider any potential topics for future scrutiny reviews. The following suggestions were made:
· Prevent and community cohesion; · Restorative justice.
It was highlighted by the Chairman that the two Scrutiny Panels had taken some time to make progress with their first meetings. Officers explained that it had taken some time for the membership of the Panels to be decided and that they were now taking shape.
Councillor C Macey, Chairman of the Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire reported that he and Councillor Marfleet, the Chairman of Adults Scrutiny Committee, had met to look at the synergies between the two committees and had identified a number of areas to take forward.
Following a question, it was confirmed that no more than two scrutiny reviews could take place at the same time.
In conclusion, as proposer of the potential scrutiny review topics, Councillors Mrs J Brockway and R Wootten were asked to come back to the Board with a formed proposal for the two suggested topics.
RESOLVED
That the proposal of two possible review topics be noted. |
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Overview and Scrutiny Management Board Work Programme PDF 117 KB (To receive a report by Tracy Johnson (Senior Scrutiny Officer), which enables the Board to consider and comment on the content of its work programme for the coming year to ensure that scrutiny activity is focused where it can be of greatest benefit. Members are encouraged to highlight items that could be included for consideration in the work programme)
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Minutes: The Board considered its own programme of forthcoming work and it was noted that there were no changes to the programme since the publication of the agenda.
It was reported that at the Board's next meeting on 26 October, the following work programmes would be considered:
· Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee; · Flood and Water Management Scrutiny Committee; · Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee.
It was noted that due to the current scrutiny review on street lighting, this issue had been removed from the work programme of Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee.
RESOLVED
That the Overview and Management Board's work programme be noted.
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Information Items |
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Treasury Management Update 2017/18 - Quarter 1 Update Report to 30 June 2017 PDF 292 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: This item had been circulated to the Board for information only and was not discussed at the meeting. |