Issue - meetings

The Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Performance & Growth) (Environment, Customers & Partnerships) is invited to comment on the contents of the report and make any comments for Cabinet.

Executive Councillor: Sarah Conboy

By means of a report by the Head of Policy, Performance & Emergency Planning (a copy of which was appended in the Minute Book), The Corporate Peer Challenge Update 2024/25 Q4 Report was presented to the Panel.

Councillor Martin expressed his appreciation of the report and drew attention to Recommendation 1, commenting that the restructuring is going well but wanted to know how the Cabinet fit in the structure. The Panel heard that there have been no changes yet but could possibly look at a further review over the next year but it may be prudent to wait until the next administration to do this.

In response to a question regarding communication and engagement, the Panel heard that this is more of a document rather than a strategy and Officers would be coming back with the internal communications document via an update which will help reinforce the Corporate Plan and consolidate the messages included.

Councillor Catmur commented that it would be appreciated if the Original Actions and the Linked Actions could be traceable for ease of reading. The Panel heard this could be actioned.

After a question from Councillor Blackwell, the Panel heard that there could be updates on particular actions but they would be back next Quarter for the full update to the Panel. It was also confirmed that they are trying to be more mindful in their reports and not to give overwhelming amounts of pages for the Panel to review and encouraged the Panel to feed back through the Chair moving forward.

Following the discussion, it was

RESOLVED

that the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel be passed to Cabinet for their consideration when making a decision upon the recommendations within the report.