Decision details

Scrutiny proposal - Neighbourhood Forums

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Scrutiny Committee received a report of the Committee and Scrutiny Officer setting out the details of a suggestion for a scrutiny Task Group on Neighbourhood Forums.

 

Members discussed the proposal submitted by the Head of Democracy and Governance and how there might be different ways Neighbourhood Forums could be carried out.

 

The Committee and Scrutiny Officer acknowledged the comments and advised that if the Task Group were to be agreed, the management of locality funding in other local authorities would be included in the review.  If the Scrutiny Committee agreed to the Task group, the Committee and Scrutiny Officer would seek expressions of interest from non-executive councillors after the local elections on 5 May 2016.

 

RESOLVED –

 

that a Task Group be established to review Neighbourhood Forums, commencing in the new Municipal Year, 2016/17.

 

Report author: Carol Chen, Sandra Hancock

Publication date: 22/03/2016

Date of decision: 03/03/2016

Decided at meeting: 03/03/2016 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee

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