Purpose
The Council has established a Scrutiny Management Committee comprising the Chairs of all five Scrutiny Commissions, which has responsibility for the following functions:-
- To approve an annual Scrutiny and Review Work Programme after consultation with the Commssions to ensure that there is efficient use of the Commissions' time and that the potential for duplication of effort is minimised.
- To receive requests from the Executive or full Council for reports from Commissions and to allocate them to Commissions ensuring that they do not jeopardise their work.
- To ensure referrals from their Commissions to the Executive either by way of report or for reconsideration are managed efficiently and do not exceed any limits set out in the Constitution.
- To make decisions about the priority of referrals made to the Executive or requests received form the Executive if the volume of these reports or requests creates difficulties for the management of the business of the Executive or any Commissions, or jeopardise the efficient running of the Council.
- To review and monitor the scrutiny process
- To allocate any monies made available for overview and scrutiny purposes to enable research to be undertaken outside the Council or consultants to be used for specified policy reviews.
Membership
The full membership of the Committee comprises the Chairs of the five Scrutiny Commissions.
Members
Public involvement
The meetings of the Committee are open to the press and members of the public and an item is included on the agenda to allow the public to ask any questions about the performance of the Council or local authority services generally.
Dates of meetings, along with agendas and minutes for the Commission can be viewed through the e-meetings manager system
Contact
For further information on the work of the Committee contact: Democratic Services, Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 OSW.
Email: scrutinise.it@bury.gov.uk.
