Here is a list of all the meetings taking place in November: 6th November 4pm Meeting Room 3 – Car Parking Working Group 12th November 1.30pm Chamber Meeting Room – Service Improvement and Finance Performance Panel 12th November 5pm Meeting Room 3 – Corporate Culture Working Group 13th November 10am Meeting Room 3.4.1 – […]
Scrutiny Dispatches – October 2014
October 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Every month council receives an update from scrutiny about the work it has been doing. It aims to provide the headlines, typically with one major story each time, to raise awareness and visibility of the work and impact of scrutiny. Here’s this months roundup: 1. Good Scrutiny? Good Question! (Lead: […]
What’s going on in scrutiny in October?
September 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here is a list of all the meetings taking place in October: 13th October 2pm Committee Room 3 – Transforming Adult Social Services Pre-Inquiry Working Group 15th October 1:30pm Chamber Meeting Room – Service Improvement and Finance Performance Panel 16th October 3:30pm Meeting Room 3 – Schools Performance Panel 20th October 5pm Chamber Meeting Room […]
How can we improve public engagement?
September 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Council has less money to spend; the inquiry panel’s assumption was that this would diminish levels of consultation and engagement with the public, staff and interested groups. In the end, it found that capitalising on, and making improvements to existing mechanisms would improve engagement without the need to spend more money. The panel made quite […]
Local Service Board scrutiny continues to develop
September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Local Service Board Scrutiny Panel is meeting again next Monday (22 September at 11am in Committee Room 3, Civic Centre). The Panel is meeting with members of the Local Service Board (LSB) Executive Group. This group represents the key statutory partners of the LSB and undertakes detailed work on behalf of the wider LSB. […]