Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel

The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 12 August (Committee Room 3a, Guildhall). The role of the Panel is to scrutinise the Council’s corporate performance, service improvement and budget arrangements. On the agenda this week is not one but two Q&A sessions, the first session with Councillor Mark […]

What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel?

The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 13 May (committee room 3, Civic Centre). The role of the Panel is to scrutinise the Council’s corporate performance, service improvement and budget arrangements. On the agenda this week is a Q&A session with Councillor David Hopkins, Cabinet Member for Housing […]

Budget Scrutiny meeting on 5 February

A  meeting of the council’s Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will take place on  Thursday 5 February at 12pm in Committee Room 2, Civic Centre. Councillor Rob Stewart (Leader of the Council) and the Council’s Head of Finance will field questions from councillors and the public about proposals which aim to save £81m over the […]

What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel?

The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 14 January (committee room 3, Civic Centre). On the agenda this week is a Q&A session with Councillor Jennifer Raynor, Cabinet Member for Education. The purpose of this session is to specifically focus on the achievement and impact of the […]

Scrutiny of budget proposals

The Service Improvement and Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will met on 7 January in order to discuss the budget proposals for 2015/16-2017/18. Councillor Rob Stewart, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance & Strategy will meet with the Panel to discuss the proposals. The Panel’s role is to question and challenge aspects of […]

Recycling and landfill performance on the scrutiny agenda

For some years scrutiny has been keeping a close eye on how well the Council is doing to recycle waste and reduce what we send to landfill. This is done through an annual performance report to scrutiny. It’s an important issue as the Welsh Government has set very challenging targets for all Councils to recycle or compost  70% […]