Issue - meetings

The Board considered a proposal, which had been received from Wychavon District Council, to participate in a joint scrutiny review of Worcestershire Regulatory Services. Members were advised that all of the local authorities in Worcestershire, with the exception of Worcestershire County Council, had expressed an interest in participating in the review.  Worcester City Council and Malvern Hills District Council had already endorsed the proposed terms of reference.

Members were advised that under the terms of the joint scrutiny protocol, which was endorsed by the Board in 2011, Bromsgrove District Council would be required to host the review because it was the host authority for the shared Worcestershire Regulatory Service. 

The review was not due to start until the 2013/14 municipal year.  For this reason appointments would not be made to the review until the first meeting of the Board in the new municipal year.

RESOLVED:

(a)       that the proposed terms of reference for the joint review of Worcestershire Regulatory Services be agreed;

(b)       that Bromsgrove District Council host the joint scrutiny investigation; and

(c)       that Bromsgrove District Council’s representatives on the Joint Worcestershire Regulatory Services Task Group be agreed at a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board on 17th June 2013.