Role
The Overview Panel shall act as a mechanism to allow for
dialogue between Executive and Scrutiny to provide a constant
rolling review (but not scrutiny) of Council activities and will
have responsibility to overview the Council's service
improvement programme and
budget.
The Panel will also provide for agenda planning for future
scrutiny programmes and provide
important links for policy review and future policy
development.
The Panel will receive and consider final reports from
Scrutiny Panels and co-ordinate the scrutiny processes including
co-ordination of scrutiny reviews involving more than one Scrutiny
Panel.
To provide a facility for the Main Opposition Group
Spokespersons to be invited to attend meetings of the Panel (with
speaking rights) in respect of items relating to their
brief.
Call In Panel
The non-Executive Members of the Overview Panel (i.e. the
Chair and Deputy Chair of the Overview Panel, the Chairs of the
Scrutiny Panels, the Chair of Council Business and one Opposition
Member, subject to the political balance rules) shall be
responsible for giving initial consideration to call in of
decisions outside the budget or policy framework, in accordance
with the procedures set out in Part 4 of the
Constitution.
Scrutiny Dispute Resolution
To determine (following any dispute as to the authority of a
Scrutiny Panel to consider a specific matter, and where the
Director (Governance and Pensions) has exercised her/his absolute
discretion in referring the dispute to this Panel whether the
Scrutiny Panel referred to has authority to consider such
matter.