Issue - meetings
Review of Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee and work programme report
Meeting: 27/09/2016 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting (Item 7.)
7. Review of Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee and work programme report PDF 119 KB
Additional documents:
- OSC Grants Sub-Committee TOR, item 7.
PDF 68 KB
- GSSC Review report - sept 2016 v3 (3), item 7.
PDF 120 KB
- OSC Grants Sub-Committee TOR 2, item 7.
PDF 70 KB
Decision:
Vicki Allen, Corporate Strategy and Equality Officer presented the report which reviewed the initial activity of the Grants Scrutiny Subcommittee during its first three months. The report made 11 recommendations to Overview and Scrutiny Committee based on the findings of the review. Councillor Mukit advised that a recruitment of co-opted members was being undertaken with the aim of bringing experience, relevant experience from the community into the grants making process.
Commissioners and Co-opted Members noted:
- The wide cross-party engagement offered by the creation of the subcommittee
- The support and efforts of Councillor Mukit to engage all of the political parties in this area of work
- That work undertaken to increase the profile of GSSC and engage local people in the delivery of its work was supported by Commissioners and Co-opted members
- That co-optees appointed to GSSC should add value but needed to be selected carefully to prevent potential conflicts of interests
RESOLVED
1. That the above comments be noted and referred to Grants Scrutiny Subcommittee for information
2. That the recommendations of the report be endorsed
3. That the report be referred onwards to Overview and Scrutiny Committee for consideration.
Meeting: 20/09/2016 - Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee (Item 6)
6 Review of Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee and work programme report PDF 119 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Sub-Committee received a report which reviewed the initial activity of the Grants Scrutiny Subcommittee during its first three months. The report made 11 recommendations to Overview and Scrutiny Committee based on the findings of the review. Councillor Abdul Mukit advised that a recruitment of co-opted members was currently being undertaken with the aim of bringing relevant experience from the community into the grants making process. As a result of consideration on this report:
The Sub-Committee:
· Endorsed this report and reiterated the importance of ensuring regular attendance and cross-party support for the meeting to ensure robust scrutiny of grants decision making process; and
· Acknowledged that recruitment of co-opted members would ensure that the diversity of the Borough is reflected and that in future recruitment details would be sent to Councillors so they can advertise amongst the local community.