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Meeting: 14/02/2024 - Cabinet (Item 70)
70 Referrals from the Overview and Scrutiny Board 
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The Overview and Scrutiny Board are due to consider a report in respect of the Governance Systems Review at its meeting on 12th February 2024. Any recommendations from that meeting on this subject will be published in a Supplementary Papers pack for the consideration of Cabinet.
Additional documents:
- Governance Review Update - 240212 covering report, item 70
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- Appendix 1 - Committee Terms of Reference Extract, item 70
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- Appendix 2 - Council Procedure Rules - track changes, item 70
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Minutes:
The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board provided a verbal update in respect of the Governance Systems Review which had taken place earlier in the municipal year. It was noted that a report had been considered at a meeting of the Board that took place on 12th February 2024. During the update it was noted that the recommendations reflected the wishes of Full Council.
The Monitoring Officer also provided further clarification on this matter and explained that the recommendations made by the Overview and Scrutiny Board were in respect of the relevant Parts of the Council’s Constitution and dealt with the future appointment to the roles of the Chairman of the Council, the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board and the Chairman of Audit, Standards and Governance Committee. It was recommended that, where possible, the above roles would not be allocated to Members of the controlling group of the Council.
In addition to the above, the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Board explained that at its meeting on 12th February 2024, the Board had agreed to initiate a Task Group in respect of Preparing for Extreme Heat Events. This Task Group request had been received by the Board following the Notice of Motion submitted at the Council meeting held on 24th January 2024.
During consideration of this item, it was requested that, as the Overview and Scrutiny Board had not had the opportunity to pre-scrutinise the Bromsgrove Local Heritage List report, it be deferred. It was confirmed that the report would be considered at the next meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board on 11th March 2024 prior to its consideration at the Cabinet meeting on 13th March 2023. Members thanked the Strategic Planning Officer and the Principal Conservation Officer for their attendance at the Cabinet meeting.
RECOMMENDEDthat
1) The proposed amendments to the Committee Terms of Reference, at Part 5 of the Constitution, in respect of special provisions as to the Chairmen of the Audit, Standards and Governance Committee and the Overview and Scrutiny Board, be approved; and
2) The proposed amendments to the Council Procedure Rules, at Part 8 of the Council’s Constitution, in relation to the appointments of the Chairman of the Council and the Chairmen of the Audit, Standards and Governance Committee and the Overview and Scrutiny Board, be approved.