Issue - meetings

The Board was informed that the Artrix SLA Annual Report was scheduled for consideration on 19th September.  In addition, the Chairman requested that a date be identified soon for consideration of the Staff Survey.

Arrangements for Member training in respect of Overview and Scrutiny were discussed during the meeting.  Members noted that further training had been requested at the previous meeting of the Board.  However, a number of Members suggested that they would struggle to attend on the suggested date of 18th July.  Furthermore it was suggested that items for scrutiny could effectively be identified when considering the Board’s Work Programme at future meetings.  Members therefore agreed not to hold the scheduled Overview and Scrutiny training session in July 2016.

The potential for the Overview and Scrutiny Board to consider the work of Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) was also discussed.  Members noted that it was particularly important to hold the shared service to account for performance.  Officers explained that the Joint Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board had responsibility for reviewing the work of WRS and considered updates on service performance at every meeting.  The Board agreed that the latest performance figures for WRS should be circulated for Members’ consideration.  The Chairman suggested that any further ideas to review WRS should be outlined in a completed topic proposal form which could be presented for the Board’s consideration in due course.