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 1 Green Party Councillor, 2 Conservative
Councillors and 6 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 two working days before 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.