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Options for Commitee Work Plan 2016-2017
Meeting: 07/07/2016 - Democracy Committee (Item 17)
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Minutes:
The Head of Finance and Resources presented his report and explained that the report offered the Committee an opportunity to consider options for a Committee work plan for 2016-2017. This would provide the Committee and Officers with a focus for the delivery of objectives set by the Committee.
The Committee considered the suggestions made in the report and agreed to the following:
· To continue with the review of Outside Bodies from 2015;
· To carry out a further review of the Constitution with a report coming to Committee around December 2016. To include in the report a section on the election of all Committee Chairmen and Vice Chairmen at the beginning of the municipal year, not just Service Committees;
· To carry out an officer based review with a Councillor Champion looking at the cost/benefits of the courier system with a report coming to the Committee in September 2016;
· To carry out a scrutiny type review looking at the possibility of changing to a system of four yearly elections;
· To review the Committee System in two years’ time (in 2018);
The Committee discussed changing the Committee’s meeting days and times. Monday evening was suggested as an alternative. The Committee agreed to discuss this further at a later meeting as some Committee members had other commitments on Monday evenings.
RESOLVED:
1. That the following issues to be included in the Committee Work Plan for 2016/17:
· A continuation of the review of Outside Bodies from 2015;
· A further review of the Constitution with a report coming to Committee around December 2016. To include in the report a section on the election of all Committee Chairmen and Vice Chairmen (not just Service Committees Chairmen and Vice Chairmen) at the beginning of the municipal year;
· An officer based review, with a Councillor Champion, looking at the cost/benefits of the courier system with a report coming to the Committee in September 2016.
2. That a scrutiny type review of changing to a system of four yearly elections be carried out by the Committee for the municipal year 2016/17.
3. That a work plan for the Committee be produced for the year 2016/17 to be reviewed by the Committee at each Committee meeting.