Overview and Scrutiny Committee is the over-arching scrutiny committee for Watford Borough Council.

Its work includes –

·               Reviewing called in Executive decisions made by Cabinet, Portfolio Holders and Officers;

·               Reviewing the Council’s performance measures;

·               Monitoring the Executive decisions taken and the key decisions to be taken by Cabinet, Portfolio Holders and Officers;

·               Monitoring the progress of recommendations from previous scrutiny reviews;

·               Setting up Task Groups to review suggested topics for scrutiny;

·               Monitoring the progress of Task Groups and agrees the final reports;

·               Setting a rolling scrutiny work programme.