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110614 future Work Programme

 

Maidstone Borough Council

 

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Tuesday 14 June 2011

 

Future Work Programme and Forward Plan of Key Decisions

 

Report of: Overview & Scrutiny Officer

 

1.      Introduction

 

1.1    To consider the Committee’s future work programme and the    Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

 

 2.     Recommendation

 

2.1        That the Committee considers the evolving Future Work Programme, attached at Appendix B, to ensure that it is appropriate and covers all issues Members currently wish to consider within the Committee’s remit.

 

2.2        That the Committee considers the sections of the Forward Plan of Key Decisions relevant to the Committee and discuss whether these are items requiring further investigation or monitoring by the Committee.

         

 

3       Future Work Programme

 

3.1    Throughout the course of the municipal year the Committee is asked to put forward work programme suggestions.  These suggestions are planned into its annual work programme.  Members are asked to consider the work programme at each meeting to ensure that remains appropriate and covers all issues Members currently wish to consider within the Committee’s remit.

 

 

4       Forward Plan of Key Decision

 

4.1    The Forward Plan for June 2011 – 11 September 2011 contains the following decisions relevant to the Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

 

  • Housing Strategy 2011-15;
  • Community Development Strategy 2011-2016
  • Bid to the Homes & Communities Agency’s Traveller Pitch Fund; and
  • Tendering Strategy – Waste & Recycling contract from 2013

 

5.      Impact on Corporate Objectives

 

5.1     The Committee will consider reports that deliver against the     following Council priorities:

 

·         ‘Corporate and Customer Excellence’ and ‘For Maidstone to be a decent place to live.’

 

5.2     The Strategic Plan sets the Council’s key objectives for the medium   term and has a range of objectives which support the delivery of         the Council’s priorities.  Actions to deliver these key objectives may      therefore include work that the Committee will consider over the       next year.