The Overview and
Scrutiny Committee at Redditch Borough Council is the Committee
that holds the decision making body of the Council (the Executive
Committee) to account. The Overview and
Scrutiny Committee performs five key functions within the Council
that include:
- holding the Executive
Committee to account;
- reviewing the
Council’s performance;
- conducting policy
reviews;
- contributing to
policy development; and
- undertaking external scrutiny of other organisations
and partnerships.
There is one Overview
and Scrutiny Committee that acts as a commissioning
body. This Committee has the power to
authorise policy reviews and can scrutinise any issue of internal
Council procedure as well as issues that are of general interest to
the public. The Committee has the
option to commission subject reviews from smaller groups of
Councillors. These smaller groups are
called Task Groups.
The Overview and
Scrutiny Committee comprises of nine members. Currently four Conservative Councillors and five
Labour Councillors sit on the Committee.
Members of the public
can register to speak at a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee. Members of the public who
wish to speak at a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
should register with the Democratic Services team by 12 noon on the
day of the meeting. Each person who
registers to speak at a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee will be allocated up to three minutes to address the
Committee. A maximum time limit of 15
minutes will be allocated to public speaking at any meeting of the
Committee.