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Venue: Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Woodgreen, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 1NB. View directions

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments. The quorum for the Overview and Scrutiny Committee is 6 Members.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations from Members of the Committee on any items to be considered at the meeting.

3.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 212 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held 4 September 2024.

4.

Chair's announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

5.

Participation of the Public

To receive any submissions from members of the public, in accordance with the Council’s Rules of Procedure, anyone who lives in the district or who pays council tax or business rates to the Council is eligible to read a statement or express an opinion at this meeting.  You can register to speak by sending your written submission of no more than 750 words to [email protected] by no later than 10.00am on the working day before the meeting.

6.

Responding to External Consultations pdf icon PDF 79 KB

Purpose:

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee has requested detail on how West Oxfordshire District Council assesses which external consultations it responds to.

 

Recommendations:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the content of the report;

2.    Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive.

 

Invited:

Councillor Andy Graham, Leader of the Council

Astrid Harvey, Strategic Policy and Partnerships Officer

 

7.

Report back on recommendations pdf icon PDF 185 KB

For the Committee to note the Executive’s response to any recommendations arising from the previous Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting.

8.

Executive Work Programme pdf icon PDF 168 KB

Purpose:

To give the Committee the opportunity to comment on the Executive Work Programme.

 

Recommendation:

That the Committee agrees which items on the Executive Work Programme should be subject to pre-decision scrutiny and the priority order of those items.

9.

Committee Work Programme pdf icon PDF 75 KB

Purpose:

To provide the Committee with an updated Work Programme for 2024/25. Also included is the TOPIC work plan scoring criteria which is intended to aid the Committee in prioritising items for inclusion in its work plan.

 

Recommendation:

That the Committee notes and comments on the work programme.

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