To provide overview
and scrutiny of issues aligned to the Managing demand and
expectation for public services and responsibilities carried out by
the Cabinet and Portfolio Holder for Resources.
This Board to exercise a management role for the Overview
& Scrutiny function, to:
1)
Approve an annual overview and scrutiny work
programme;
2)
Where matters fall within the remit of more than one
Scrutiny Board, or Task and Finish Group, to determine which will
assume responsibility for any particular issue, and to resolve any
issues of dispute between Scrutiny Boards;
3)
Receive requests from the Cabinet and/or the full
Council for reports from Scrutiny Boards and to allocate them if
appropriate to one or more Scrutiny Boards;
4)
Put in place and maintain a system to ensure that
referrals from Scrutiny Boards to the Cabinet, either by way of
report or for reconsideration are managed efficiently and do not
exceed the limits set out in the Constitution;
5)
At the request of the Cabinet, to make decisions
about the priority of referrals made in the event of reports to the
Cabinet exceeding limits in this Constitution, or if the volume of
such reports creates difficulty for the management of Cabinet
business or jeopardises the efficient running of Council’s
business.
6)
To consider the final annual budget proposals across
all portfolio areas;
7)
To have overview and scrutiny of the Council Plan
(annual performance refresh)
The
Key projects/activities include:
Digital Transformation:
·
Complete migration of the Social Care systems and
introduce new external facing system
·
Commence the migration of Oracle E-Business
Suite
·
Office 365 start the process of moving existing
Office Applications and data into the Office 365
environment
·
Implement a new website for the Council
The
employee journey :
·
Supporting and maximising the potential of the
Council workforce.
Adoption of a corporate approach to delivering an asset master
plan:
·
Ensuring that our assets are fit for purpose to
deliver our Council priorities.