Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting which took place on 6 December 2021 (to be laid on the table 30 minutes before the meeting commences).

The minutes of the meeting held on 6 December 2021 were agreed.

To receive from Members, declarations of interests in relation to any items included on the agenda for this meeting in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman to respond to any written questions received from Members of the public in accordance with Procedure Rule 10.

The deadline for receipt of questions is 5.00pm on Thursday 14 April 2022.

There were no questions from members of the public.

The Chairman to respond to any written questions received from Members in accordance with Procedure Rule 11.

The deadline for receipt of questions is 5.00pm on Thursday 14 April 2022.

There were no questions from members of the Council.

Unless specified under an individual item, there are no background papers (as defined by Section 100D(5) of the Local Government Act 1972) relating to the reports in Part I of these minutes.

Purpose and summary

To amend the remits of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny (O&S)

Committees to better balance the workload of these Committees.

Recommendations

Amend the terms of reference for the Overview and Scrutiny Committees

(Article 6.1, Part 3, Waverley Borough Council Constitution) as follows:

Terms of Reference

Waverley has two Overview and Scrutiny Committees covering the following areas:

            The Resources O&S committee may, with the agreement of the chairman and vice-chairman of the Services O&S Committee, assume responsibility for an item which would normally fall within the remit of Services O&S if it has substantial revenue or capital implications.

The Committee received a report which recommended an amendment to the remits of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committees to better balance the workload of these Committees, following the restructuring of the O&S Committees agreed by the Council in October 2021.

The Committee welcomed the review of the remits to address the imbalance.  One Committee member however expressed concern that workload of O&S would still be too great and that consideration should be given to the establishment of a housing O&S committee in the future.

Following the debate the Chairman moved the recommendation and it was

RESOLVED

That Council be recommended to amend the terms of reference for the

Overview and Scrutiny Committees (Article 6.1, Part 3, Waverley

Borough Council Constitution) as follows:

            6.1       Terms of Reference

Waverley has two Overview and Scrutiny Committees covering the following areas:

            The Resources O&S committee may, with the agreement of the chairman and vice-chairman of the Services O&S Committee, assume responsibility for an item which would normally fall within the remit of Services O&S if it has substantial revenue or capital implications.

There are no items under this heading.