Agenda

To receive apologies for absence and details of any Councillor (or co-optee substitute) nominated to attend this meeting in place of a member of this Committee.

To invite Councillors to declare any interest they may have in items on the Agenda and any Party Whip.

To confirm the minutes of the most recent meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee as a correct record.

(Minutes to follow)

To note the contents of the Overview and Scrutiny Actions List.

(Report attached)

To consider whether any Key Decisions of the Executive Committee’s most recent meeting(s) should be subject to call-in and also to consider whether any items on the Forward Plan require pre-scrutiny.

(No separate report).

To consider any scoping documents provided for possible Overview and Scrutiny review.

(No reports attached)

To consider progress to date on the current reviews against the terms set by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The current reviews in progress are:

1.                  Dial-A-Ride – Chair, Councillor R King; and

2.                  Neighbourhood Groups – Chair, Councillor K Banks

(Oral reports)

To pre-Scrutinise the contents of the Consultants’ report regarding the Arrow Valley Countryside Centre.

(Report attached).

To consider an update report regarding the implementation of the civil parking enforcement scheme in the town.

To consider the contents of the Comprehensive Area Assessment and organisational assessment for Redditch Borough Council and to identify potential issues for scrutiny.

(Reports attached).

To receive an update on the reporting mechanisms for the Crime and Disorder Scrutiny Panel and progress with the introduction of the Panel.

(Oral report).

“That, under S.100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matter(s) on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (to be specified) of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act”.