Issue - meetings

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.