Agenda item

(To consider a report by Nigel West (Head of Democratic Services and Statutory Scrutiny Officer), which invites the Committee to consider the content of its own work programme and the work programmes of the Council's other scrutiny committees)

i)          Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee

 

The Head of Democratic Services and Statutory Scrutiny Officer advised the Committee that all items listed on the Value for Money Scrutiny Committee’s work programme in relation to budget and performance would transfer over to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee’s work programme.

 

It was agreed to remove the item on ‘The Local Government Boundary Commission Review’ from the Committee’s agenda on 28 January 2016.

 

ii)         Adults Scrutiny Committee

 

The Chairman advised Members that the meeting scheduled to be held on 27 January 2016 had been rearranged to 22 January 2016.

 

It was noted that Elaine Baylis would be attending the meeting on 24 February 2016 to present an item on Lincolnshire Safeguarding Adults Board, although she had stood down from the role as Chairman of the Board.

 

The Chairman advised that at the Committee’s meeting on 9 December 2015, consideration was given to a report on the ‘Adult Care Local Account’, which listed a number of items which could be included in the Committee’s work programme for 2016.

 

iii)        Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee

 

The Vice-Chairman advised that there were no amendments to the Committee’s work programme.

 

It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee was scheduled to be held on 15 January 2016 and the agenda was set out on page 73 of the report.  Members were advised that the item on 2016/17 contract would now be an open report and not exempt.  Members were also advised that representatives from the Monks’ Dyke Tennyson College in Mablethorpe and from the campaign group had been invited to address the Committee when considering the pre-decision scrutiny report on its potential closure.

 

It was suggested that the alternative proposals, as included in the petition address at the meeting of Council on 18 December 2015, were also considered by the Committee as part of this item.

 

iv)        Community and Public Safety Scrutiny Committee

 

The Chairman advised that there were no amendments to the work programme.

 

However, it was noted that that the report on the Joint Ambulance Conveyance Project which was being considered by the Committee on 13 January 2016 would now be a verbal update, rather than a written report.  It was suggested that the success of this project should be publicised.

 

Members were advised that the Committee would receive an update on Operation Barnes Wallace in the New Year.

 

v)         Economic Scrutiny Committee

 

The Chairman advised that there were no amendments to the work programme.

 

It was queried whether the Committee’s comments on the ‘Coastal Town Team’ at its meeting on 12 January 2016 could be presented to the meeting of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee on 15 January 2016 as they might be relevant to the discussion on the potential closure of Monks’ Dyke Tennyson College in Mablethorpe.

 

vi)        Environmental Scrutiny Committee/Flood and Drainage Management Scrutiny Committee

 

The Health Scrutiny Officer advised that there were no changes to the work programme for the Environmental Scrutiny Committee.

 

There were three additional items for the meeting of the Flood and Drainage Management Committee on 26 February 2016, as follows: -

 

·         The Involvement of Anglian Water in Planning Applications, an item from Anglian Water;

·         River Steeping – an item from the Environment Agency; and

·         River Welland Navigation – a further item from the Environment.

 

In response to a question, the Committee was advised that Mid UK was a recycling facility located in Caythorpe.

 

vii)       Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire

 

The Chairman provided the Committee with updates on the following meetings: -

 

20 January 2016

 

There were no confirmed changes to the agenda for the meeting on 20 January 2016.

 

17 February 2016

 

An item from Healthwatch Lincolnshire on their views of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services had been added to the agenda for 17 February 2016. 

 

16 March 2016

 

It was noted that on 15 December 2015, the Chairman had met the new Chief Executive of St Barnabas Hospice Trust to discuss developments at St Barnabas, and it was agreed that the Committee would receive a general presentation on St Barnabas’ contribution to palliative and end of life care at the meeting of the Committee on 16 March 2016.

 

The Chairman referred to the impact of the Norovirus at Lincoln County Hospital, in particular the number of wards closed to new admissions.

 

viii)      Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee

 

The Chairman advised that the item on the ‘Lincolnshire Highways Alliance’ had been deferred to 7 March 2016 to form part of one single performance item on ‘Performance Report - (to include Major Schemes, Lincolnshire Highways Alliance and Customer Satisfaction)’, which would be considered on a quarterly basis. 

 

It was also noted that items on the ‘Lincoln Eastern Bypass - Authority to Enter into Contract with Network Rail’; ‘CCTV Pilot Scheme – Parking enforcement outside schools’; and ‘Charging and Income Generation’ had been added to the Committee’s work programme.

 

In response to a question, Members were advised that all County Councillors would receive an electronic copy of the report on the Grantham Transport Strategy, in the usual way via Democratic Services.

 

Members were advised that the Planning Inspector had submitted a report on the Lincoln Eastern Bypass to the Secretary of State. However, the Secretary of State did not have specific timeframe to work towards.

 

ix)        Value for Money Scrutiny Committee

 

The Chairman reminded the Committee that all items listed on the work programme relating to budget and performance would transfer over to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee’s work programme.

 

Comments from the discussion on the Serco contract would be forwarded onto the Executive.

 

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the content of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee work programme, as detailed at Appendix A to the report, be approved.

 

(2)  That the work programmes from the Council's other Overview and Scrutiny Committees, as detailed at Appendix B to the report, be approved.

 

(3)  That the Working Group activity, as detailed at Appendix C to the report, be noted.

 

(4)  That the Forward Plan of Key Decisions from 4 January 2016, as detailed at Appendix D to the report, be noted.