The Overview and Scrutiny
Committee does not make decisions, but does scrutinise decisions
made by the Executive Committee or the Lead Councillors. The
Committee can undertake reviews and in-depth investigations in
order to provide advice and recommendations.
In general, the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee undertakes the following activities:
·
Scrutinising the decisions of the
Executive Committee and Lead Councillors throughout the decision-making
process.
·
Contributing to policy development by examining performance
and policy outcomes against local service need and
provision.
·
Reviewing council services
to ensure they are achieving customer satisfaction, value for money
delivering performance and meeting standards.
·
Reviewing
how effectively the
council delivers services with external agencies.
·
Appointing sub-committees to fulfil overview and
scrutiny functions;
·
Maintaining s scrutiny work programme so as to
ensure that the time of the committee is effectively and
efficiently utilised;
·
Undertaking investigations into such matters
relating to the Council’s functions and powers as:
(i) may be referred
by the Council/Leader/Executive; or
(ii) Has been referred
to the committee because of the councillor “call-in”
procedure set out in the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules in
Part 4 of the Constitution