Agenda item

10.1

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Policy and Partnerships concerning its work programme.

10.2

Members of the Committee made comments and suggestions relating to the work programme, as follows:

10.3

There were some areas of overlap, such as in relation to Local Area Committees, participation and citizen involvement and traffic regulation orders, which might be grouped and moved to the new calendar year.

10.4

The work on the Charity Sub Committee might need to begin earlier to make sure it was completed for the Annual Meeting in May 2024 and Terms of Reference would be scheduled for the February meeting of the Governance Committee.

10.5

Working Groups related to LACs, devolution and committee remits would need to be set up before the end of December 2023 and the membership of those Working Groups could be drawn from a wider group of members

10.6

It was suggested that the various items on the Work Programme be mapped out, so the Committee was able to see the timing and volume of work and resources necessary.

10.7

RESOLVED: That:

(a)      the Committee’s work programme, as set out in Appendix 1 be agreed, including any additions and amendments identified in Part 1;

(b)      the comments and suggestions by Members of the Committee be noted and taken into account and adjustments made to the work programme as appropriate; and

(c)      the additional indications of items which are likely to need more intensive work (e.g. citizen involvement, task and finish groups, policy review and development work) be noted together with the implications for prioritisation of Governance Committee’s forward workplan.