The Vice Chair, Councillor Begy welcomed everyone to the meeting and confirmed that he would be chairing the meeting as apologies had been received from the Chair, Councillor Waller.  Apologies were also received from Councillor Baines, Councillor Toseland and co-opted members Peter French and Andreas Menzies.

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.

There were no declarations of interest.

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.

There were no petitions, deputations or questions.

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

There were no questions with notice from members.

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

There were no notices of motion from members.

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.

There were no call-ins.

(i)    To consider whether the public and press should be excluded from the meeting in accordance with the Access to Information Rules of Procedure Rule 181 for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Paragraph 3: Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

(ii)   To consider whether any Elected Members, who may be present and who are not Members of the Scrutiny Committee, should be allowed to remain during consideration of the following exempt item or whether they too should be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Procedure Rule 181.

It was proposed by the Chair that the public and press be excluded from the meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as the following item of business was likely to lead to the disclosure of information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). This was seconded and upon being put to the vote the motion was unanimously carried.

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The Chair closed the public meeting at 7.04 pm and Emma Odabas, Senior Transport Manager joined the private meeting.

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To receive a presentation from Penny Sharp, Strategic Director of Places.

A presentation was received from Penny Sharp, Strategic Director of Places and Emma Odabas, Senior Transport Manager.

To receive a verbal briefing from the Penny Sharp, Strategic Director of Places

A presentation was received from Penny Sharp, Strategic Director of Places and Councillor Marc Oxley, Portfolio Holder for Communities, Environment and Climate Change.

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The Chair closed the private meeting and Councillors Powell and Oxley left the meeting at 9.14 p.m.

The Chair re-opened the public meeting at 9.15 pm

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There were no updates relating to the groups and panels of the Strategic Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

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

The Forward Plan was reviewed and the annual work plan was updated accordingly.  During the discussion, the following points were noted:

·       The Highways Capital Programme 2023/24 would be scrutinised at the February meeting prior to its discussion at full Council on the 27th March 2023. 

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

There was no urgent business.

Thursday, 26^th January 2023 at 7 pm in the Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP

Thursday, 26^th January 2023 at 7 pm in the Council Chamber, Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP.