Venue: Bourges/Viersen Room - Town Hall
Contact: Louise Tyers Scrutiny Manager
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations Minutes: Councillor Arculus declared a personal interest in that the law firm he worked for was listed in Appendix 2 of the report. |
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Urgent Item Minutes: Following the last meeting of the Committee held on 16 March 2011, the Chairman agreed to consider the deferred minutes of the Joint Scrutiny Meeting which had been held on 6 January 2011 as an urgent item. |
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Minutes of the Joint Scrutiny Meeting held on 6 January 2011 Minutes: The minutes of the Joint Scrutiny Meeting held on 6 January 2011 were approved as a correct record. |
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Review of the Use of Consultants PDF 49 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The report presented the final report from the Review of the Use of Consultants which had been prepared by Councillors North, Lane and Sandford.
At a meeting of the Environment Capital Scrutiny Committee on 14 January 2010, where the proposed council budget had been discussed, the subject of the use of consultants arose. It was agreed that the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee be recommended to undertake an in-depth scrutiny review into the cost and effectiveness of the council’s use of consultants and to make recommendations on the future use of consultants to inform the development of budgets in future years. At its meeting on the 18 January 2010, the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee produced a list of questions which it asked to be answered.
On the 15 March 2010, the Cabinet Member for Resources delivered a report on the use of consultants to the Sustainable Growth Scrutiny Committee. Following this report and subsequent discussion, the Committee established a task and finish group to review the council’s use of consultants and report back on its findings and recommendations. An interim report on progress with the review was considered by the Committee at its meeting on 9 November 2010.
Councillors Lane, North and Sandford presented their report. A lot of work had been undertaken to produce the report and it was acknowledged that each of the review group started out with their own different personal views. It was hoped that all members of the Committee had read the report and the Group were happy to take any questions and answer any queries.
Questions and observations were made around the following areas:
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