The Resources and Place Scrutiny Committee
shall review and scrutinise how the needs of residents and other
service users are met by the Resources and Place Directorates of
Council and the Council’s partners; and how performance is
evaluated and improved.
Its remit shall include the following
services:
·
Housing
·
Economic Development
·
Planning
·
Transport Planning
·
Public Transport
·
Parking
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Highways
·
Flood Risk
·
Countryside (including Parks and PRoW)
·
Environment Delivery
·
Waste Management
·
Public Protection
·
Emergency Planning
·
Building Communities Together Partnership
·
Culture
·
Sports and Leisure
·
Commissioning and Procurement
·
Customer Engagement and Transformation
·
Finance and Property (including scrutiny of the budget)
·
People Management
·
Legal and Democratic Services
·
Communications
·
ICT
The Committee is designated as the
Council’s Crime and Disorder Committee established in
accordance with s.19, Police and Justice Act 2006 (which requires
the Council to have a crime and disorder committee with power (a)
to review or scrutinise decisions made, or other action taken, in
connection with the discharge by the responsible authorities of
their crime and disorder functions; and (b) to make reports or
recommendations to the local authority with respect to the
discharge of those functions). It shall ensure that at least one
such review is undertaken each year.
The committee is comprised of nine
councillors, reflecting the political composition of the Council.
Members of the Executive cannot be
members of this or any scrutiny committee.
The Resources and Place Scrutiny Committee
shall have four scheduled meetings per year. Scrutiny topics shall
either be considered as part of a meeting of the full
committee, or reviewed by a task and finish group
appointed by the committee, which will report back to the committee
with its findings and recommendations.
Scrutiny of other services is undertaken by
the
Children andYoung People Scrutiny Committee and
the Health
and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee.
Contact: Democratic
Services Team
Further information
links:
Scrutiny at West
Berkshire Council
Getting
Involved in Reviewing Council Decisions
Part 6 Constitution – Overview and Scrutiny Rules of
Procedure
