Issue - meetings

That Cabinet approved the Committee Timetable 2018/19 as Appendix A of the Cabinet report, subject to the addition of a generic stand-by scrutiny date to be programmed in April/May 2019.

NB – the date has been proposed as Tuesday 2^nd April 2019.

Decision

Cabinet approved the Meeting Timetable for 2018/19, on condition of an additional generic stand-by scrutiny date to be programmed in April 2019.

NB – the date has been proposed as Tuesday 2^nd April 2019.

Reason for decision

To approve the Meeting Timetable for 2018/19 as set out in Annex A to this report.

Corporate objectives

The various meetings of the Council, Cabinet and Committees support the achievement of the Council’s Corporate Objectives.

Monitoring Officer/S.151 Officer comments

Monitoring Officer:

No comments to add to the report.

Deputy S.151 Officer:

There are no direct financial implications arising from the content of this report.

Advice

Cllr Sutton thanked officers for re-working the timetable to accommodate the 3 weekly DMC cycle.

Cllr Marshall noted there is no scrutiny committee’s during the months of April and May 2019, whilst appreciating there will be an Election, noted it would be beneficial to have at least 1 date in on stand-by should it be needed, or a call-in date.

Cllr Griffiths noted that this appears to happen annually, where no scrutiny meetings take place until after Annual Council and noted it can add pressure to the agendas of subsequent meetings.

Cllr Williams confirmed that should an emergency meeting be required, there is adequate time in the timetable to accommodate. Cllr Marshall requested a generic OSC be put in the diary and cancelled if not needed, this was agreed.

Voting

None.