Agenda item

Report of Managing Director

The Managing Director submitted a report (previously circulated) requesting that consideration be given to the proposed changes to the Terms of Reference for the Council’s Scrutiny Committees.

The submitted report stated that the Leader of the Council intended to implement a number of changes to the Cabinet Portfolios with effect from December 2019; and that Officers had been requested to review the terms of reference for the Council’s Scrutiny Committees with a view to align them more closely with the Cabinet Portfolios.

The full details of the changes being made to the Cabinet Portfolios and the proposed terms of reference were appended to the submitted report.

Members noted the proposed terms of reference and suggested that the reference to gender within Schedule 2 is replaced with gender neutral language.

Concern was raised in respect of a Portfolio holder using the new title of their portfolio though the changes to Portfolios were not coming into effect until December.

RESOLVED ­– (a) That the proposed changes to this Scrutiny Committee be noted and agreed.