Issue - meetings

Forward Plan of Key Decisions

Meeting: 12/10/2020 - Overview and Scrutiny Board (Item 44)

Minutes:

The Senior Democratic Services Officer presented the Cabinet Work Programme. She highlighted that a number of items had already been picked up including the following:

· District Level Economic Recovery Framework (November meeting)

· Domestic Abuse Policy (November meeting)

· Fees and Charges - this item was to be included in the Finance and Budget Working Group work programme and would be bought to the main Overview and Scrutiny Board if there was anything that needed to be further scrutinised.

Councillor C. Hotham raised with the Board that he wished to see an item placed on the Board’s Work Programme for the next meeting regarding the decision for the Alvechurch Mop to take place on the previous weekend. He questioned whether there was an opportunity to receive a report from officers regarding the decision-making and risk-assessment process undertaken that allowed the event to take place.

The Chairman queried with the Senior Democratic Services Officer whether this was an area that could be scrutinised by the Board and it was agreed that, if Members were in agreement that the Senior Democratic Services Officer would undertake to making enquiries as to whether this would be possible.

Councillor R. Hunter also requested assurance that the Safer Roads Partnership would be in attendance in the January 2021 meeting.

Councillor A. Kriss was pleased that the CCTV item was due to be scrutinised by the Board and enquired whether a visit to the Monitoring Centre would be possible once the lockdown had been lifted. It was confirmed that this had happened previously and would be available again at an appropriate time. He also questioned whether it would be possible to look at the Fair that took place on the Recreation Ground. After a short debate it was agreed that this and the Alvechurch Mop item could be part of a wider item rather than looking at specific events.

RESOLVED that subject to the preamble above the Cabinet Work Programme be noted and that the Overview and Scrutiny Board’s Work Programme for 2020-21, be updated to include the items discussed and agreed during the course of the meeting.