Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery) outlining the findings of a study by the Panel’s Consultation Working Group regarding the state of the district engagement events.

Noted the proposal by the Working Group and requested that a further report be submitted to Cabinet addressing the financial involvement and the implications for the Council’s Consultation and Engagement Strategy

A report by the Overview & Scrutiny Panel (Service Delivery) was submitted (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) which summarised the findings of a review by a Working Group into the principle and potential benefits of holding events to engage Huntingdonshire residents in discussing the Council’s strategies and services. 

In considering the Working Group’s proposals, Executive Councillors recognised that these far exceeded the original concept of a biennial “State of the District” half-day conference. Having questioned the accuracy of the predicted resource and financial implications of holding four events per annum around the District, it was

RESOLVED

that the proposal by the Working Group be noted and a further report submitted to Cabinet addressing the financial involvement and the implications for the Council’s Consultation and Engagement Strategy