Agenda

ADJOURNED, Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 8th September, 2022 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HP

Contact: Governance  Email: governance@rutland.gov.uk

Note: This meeting was adjourned following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 

Items
No. Item

1.

WELCOME AND APOLOGIES RECEIVED

2.

RECORD OF MEETING pdf icon PDF 375 KB

To confirm the record of the meeting of the Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on the 7th July 2022.

 

3.

ACTIONS ARISING

To review and update the actions arising from the previous meeting.  Actions relating to the scrutiny groups/panels will be picked up in the Groups and Panels agenda item.

 

No.

Ref.

Action

Person

1.     

3

Councillor Bool to arrange a meeting with the Chief Executive, the Leader and the Strategic Director of Places to discuss the best way for Highways and Transport particularly speeding to be scrutinised.

 

Councillor Bool

2.     

3

SEND group (Councillors Ainsley, Baines, Begy, Browne, Payne and Webb) to meet before the 15th July and Councillor Webb to confirm if Councillor Begy would continue to be part of the group.

 

Councillor Webb

3.     

3

Councillor Waller to speak with the Cabinet member regarding what the Customer Experience Task and Finish Group could do and by when and Councillor Brown to contact Councillor Begy to confirm that he would still lead this Task and Finish Group.

 

Councillors Waller and

G Brown

4.     

3

Councillors Waller and Webb to discuss with portfolio holders the following items for possible inclusion on to the Committee’s Work Plan, ready for final approval at the next meeting: Devolution; Economic Development Strategy and UK Prosperity Fund.

 

Councillors Waller and Webb

5.     

3

Culture review report to be circulated to members for their information.

 

Jane Narey

6.     

3

Councillors G Brown, Fox and Waller to meet with the Strategic Director of Places, Councillor Oxley, Portfolio Holder for Communities, Environment and Climate Change and Councillor Payne, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance and Performance, Change and Transformation to produce a draft scoping document detailing what the Scrutiny Committee could do to assist as part of the Asset Review.

Councillor G Brown

7.     

10

Councillor Waller to notify the non-executive members that the scope of the Homelessness Evidence Panel had been approved and seek volunteers to assist the panel.

 

Councillor Waller

8.     

11

Committee Members to review the LLR CCG performance data and report to the next meeting any specific areas they would like the Committee to scrutinise

 

All

 

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

5.

PETITIONS, DEPUTATIONS AND QUESTIONS

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions received from Members of the Public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rules 25 and 159.

 

The total time allowed for this item shall be 30 minutes.  Petitions, declarations and questions shall be dealt with in the order in which they are received.  Questions may also be submitted at short notice by giving a written copy to the Committee Administrator 15 minutes before the start of the meeting.

 

The total time allowed for questions at short notice is 15 minutes out of the total time of 30 minutes.  Any petitions, deputations and questions that have been submitted with prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short notice.  Any questions that are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to the next meeting.

6.

QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE FROM MEMBERS

To consider any questions with notice from Members received in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule No 161 and 162.

7.

NOTICES OF MOTION FROM MEMBERS

To consider any Notices of Motion from Members submitted in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule No 163.

8.

CONSIDERATION OF ANY MATTER REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO THE CALL-IN OF A DECISION

To consider any matter referred to the Committee for a decision in relation to call in of a decision in accordance with Procedure Rule 149.

9.

ACCESS TO NHS DENTAL SERVICES WITHIN RUTLAND pdf icon PDF 2 MB

To receive Report No. 145/2022 from Rose Lynch, Pharmacy, Optometry, Dental Services – Midlands (East), NHS England – Midlands.

Additional documents:

10.

ELECTION OF A NEW VICE CHAIR

To appoint a new Vice Chair of the Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the municipal year 2022-2023.

11.

LLR JOINT HEALTH AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

To confirm the new substitute representative at the Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Joint Health Scrutiny Committee.

12.

GROUP AND PANEL UPDATES

12a

CULTURE / ASSET REVIEW pdf icon PDF 298 KB

To receive an update from Councillor J Fox and the scoping document detailing the scrutiny museum review.

12b

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TASK AND FINISH GROUP

To receive an update from Councillor Begy

12c

HIGHWAYS AND SPEEDING

·       Group to be led by Councillor K Bool

·       Work to commence in October/November 2022

·       Councillor Bool to meet with the Strategic Director of Places and the Portfolio Holders (Councillors Oxley and Powell) to discuss what work scrutiny can undertake.

·       Work to be carried out in conjunction with the Parish Councils

12d

HOMELESSNESS EVIDENCE PANEL

To receive an update from Councillor G Waller

12e

PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PROPOSALS pdf icon PDF 142 KB

To receive a briefing from Councillor G Waller and the scoping document detailing the scrutiny review and the proposed timescale

12f

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DEVOLUTION & LEVELLING UP pdf icon PDF 136 KB

To receive a briefing from Councillor G Waller and the scoping document detailing the scrutiny review and the proposed timescale

12g

SEND GROUP pdf icon PDF 166 KB

To receive an update from Councillor P Ainsley including the notes from the scoping meeting held on the 15th July 2022 with Dawn Godfrey, Strategic Director for Children and Families.

13.

SOSC IMPROVEMENT PLAN pdf icon PDF 243 KB

To review/update the SOSC Improvement Plan following the Scrutiny Workshop run by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) on the 21st July 2022.

14.

PORTFOLIO HOLDER UPDATE

To receive an update from Councillor David Wilby, Portfolio Holder for Education and Children’s Services.

15.

REVIEW OF THE FORWARD PLAN AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN pdf icon PDF 141 KB

To consider the current Forward Plan and identify any relevant items for inclusion in the Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Committee Annual Work Plan or to request further information.

 

The Forward Plan is available on the website at: https://rutlandcounty.moderngov.co.uk/mgListPlans.aspx?RPId=133&RD=0

 

16.

ANY URGENT BUSINESS

To receive any items of urgent business, which have been previously notified to the person presiding.

 

17.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING

Thursday, 13th October 2022 at 7.00 pm in the Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP