PAPER C
Committee: SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
Date: 24 NOVEMBER 2005
Title: GUIDANCE
ON THE CALL-IN PROCESS AND THE SCRUTINY TOOLKIT
REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MONITORING OFFICER
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REASON
FOR CONSIDERATION
To consider the procedures for Call-in following
the changes to the Committee structure and recommend appropriate changes to
these.
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RECOMMENDATION That the Scrutiny Committee adopt the Guidance on
the Call-in process. |
BACKGROUND
The Call-in process was established when the
Council adopted the modernised structure and associated constitution in 2001.
Over the following years clarification was given to this process resulting in
the then Co-ordinating Committee, made up of the Chairmen of the six Select
Committees, adopting specific Guidance on the Call-in process.
With the changes introduced as the result of the
revised structure for overview and scrutiny the specific power to Call-in
decisions of the Cabinet, or individual Cabinet member, now rests with the
Scrutiny Committee.
It is proposed that four members of the Scrutiny
Committee should be required to sign a call-in request. Such a call-in will be
based on the budget and policy framework and should only be used to halt the
implementation of a decision that proves unexpectedly controversial or have a
counter productive effect.
The Guidance, which will form part of a wider
scrutiny toolkit, has therefore been amended to reflect the changes being
considered by full Council.
CONSULTATION
PROCESS
The full Council has considered various revisions
to the constitution.
FINANCIAL, LEGAL, CRIME AND DISORDER IMPLICATIONS
The guidance for call-in is intended to explain in
more detail the provisions of the procedures involved in calling in a decision
of the Cabinet or Cabinet member.
APPENDICES
ATTACHED
Appendix
1 - Guidance on the Call-In Process
Council Constitution
Contact Point : April West, Overview And Scrutiny Team Leader, ( 823208
e-mail [email protected].