Issue - meetings

Further to Minute No. 8/08 (Work Programme) of the meeting of the Scrutiny Steering Board held on 22nd May 2008, consideration was given to a recommendation from the Board, following a request received from a member of the public, for the Performance Management Board to consider a report on concessionary parking for the over 60s.

An update to the Constitution was sought as it was noted that the mechanisms currently in place for requests from the Council's boards for items of business be added to the agenda of another board could results in delays being encountered, added to which it was felt more appropriate, in the interests of democracy, for the Chief Executive, as opposed to the Cabinet, to deal with such requests.  The Chief Executive advised that he would liaise with the respective Chairmen of the boards on any agenda requests which might be deemed to be inappropriate.  

RESOLVED that this matter be referred to the Performance Management Board with the request that the Board considers an officer report on concessionary parking for the over 60s once six months worth of the necessary data is available; and

RECOMMENDED that the Constitution be amended to permit any of the Council's boards to ask the Chief Executive to add an item of business to the agenda of any other board.