Agenda

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or other interests, not already on their register of interests, in any item on the agenda and withdraw from the meeting at the appropriate time.

To approve as a correct record and the Chair to sign the Minutes of the Services Scrutiny Committee held on 7 May 2024.

Overview of Scrutiny and remit of the Committee.

Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

An update on the Combined Authority – Who’s who and NEDDC’s role.

Lee Hickin, Managing Director

To receive the financial outturn for 2023/24.

Jayne Dethick, Director of Finance & Resources and S151 Officer/Justine Wells, Corporate Finance Manager

To inform Committee of recent and forthcoming Cabinet business.

A digest of Cabinet decisions taken since 23 May 2024.  This information is published by Cabinet meeting on the Council’s website.  Cabinet Agendas, Decisions and Minutes can be viewed at: Cabinet

The Forward Plan of Executive decisions.

Plans

These plans are updated to include new business.

Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

To contribute to major Policies being considered by the Council.

·       Joint Information & Cyber Security Policy.

Nicki Astle, Assistant Director of ICT

To consider and contribute to potential changes in the operating environment which may include legislation, regulation and key projects being undertaken by the Council, for example.

To consider the Committee’s Work Programme.

Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

To consider any other matter which the Chair of the Committee is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.

The next meeting of the Services Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to take place on 17 September 2024 at 10.00 am.