Broadland District Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee summary of their meeting outcomes/discussions taken from the 11 August 2015

1. Scrutiny
Snippets
11 AUGUST 2015

2. AGENDA ITEM

3. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
SUB COMMITTEE
 2 Members joined the Committee,
membership is now:
 Cllr Bannock
 Cllr Emsell
 Cllr Grady
 Cllr Lodge
 Cllr Ward (Chairman)
 Cllr Nurden
 Cllr Everett

4. PMSC changes
 The Overview and Scrutiny Committee
agreed to take the lead on analysing the
Performance Reports and delegating
specific reviews/investigations to the
PMSC
 PMSC will convene as and when required.

5. Police and Crime Panel
 Context of the Police and Crime Panel
role at County Hall was explained to the
Committee
 District Council representative is invited to
the September meeting to feedback
recent activity
 Complements the Community Safety
monitoring responsibility of the Committee

6. COMMUNITY SAFETY
 The Community Safety Manager gave an
in-depth update to the Committee on
recent project performance and
upcoming activities
 Community Safety Strategy is due for
review. 3 Members of the Committee will
work with the Community Safety Manager
and partners to update it as necessary

7. PUBLIC HEALTH
 Committee were made aware of the
multiple projects and schemes being
delivered across Broadland
 Committee showed particular interest in
the progress of Grow Your Community
events and encouraged further funding
to be bid for past April 2016

8. PUBLIC HEALTH
 Committee were enthusiastic about the
Affordable Warmth projects
 Warm and Well packs will be funded
again this winter
 Packs include items such as fleece blanket,
hot water bottle and recipe cards

9. SOCIAL MEDIA PILOT
 Committee reviewed the achievements
of the pilot so far
 Supported the development of
infographics to promote the work of the
Committee
 Supported the publishing of Scrutiny
Snippets on an ongoing basis
 Committee agreed the action plan for
year 3

10. WORK PROGRAMME UPDATE
 Social Media training for October is to be
moved to a wider media workshop for all
Councillors organised by the
Communications Team
 Items for the 20 October should be
brought forward to the 6 October
 A workshop on Performance Reports is
organised for the 20 October for all
Committee members and substitutes