Overview and Scrutiny at Richmondshire District Council
The 4 main areas of Overview and Scrutiny are:
- Holding the decision makers to account
- Performance Monitoring
- Policy Development and Review
- Internal/External Scrutiny
What Overview and Scrutiny aims to do:
- Provide 'critical friend' challenge to the Strategy Board as well as external Authorities and Agencies
- Reflect the voice and concerns of the public and its communities
- Enable Members to take the lead
- Make an impact on the delivery of public services
What can Overview and Scrutiny lead to?
- More openness and accountability about the way that decisions are made.
- A Council that holds to account those Councillors and Officers responsible for formulating implementing policies and delivering services.
- A Council that measures its own performance and regularly reports, in public, on how it is meeting its promises to local people.
- A Council that is more responsive to the needs of local residents.
- Improved policies and services from other Organisations that serve the people of the Richmondshire District.
Reviews
Part of the work of scrutiny involves carrying out reviews, sometimes they are quite lengthy and in depth and other times they are fairly short and concise. They can be on internal or external topics. Members of the public can be co-opted by the Committee to assist with their reviews if they have a special knowledge or interest in the topic of review, as can experts on that particular area.
Richmondshire District Council already use a variety of questionnaires and surveys to gauge the opinions of local people.
However, if you think that a particular topic or service should be scrutinised, please complete the form below, or write to the Overview and Scrutiny Committees at the address below.
The Government has given Overview and Scrutiny Committees a wide brief, allowing then to look at any issues that affect the local area and the quality of life of local people.
To that end, Richmondshire's Overview and Scrutiny Committees organise meetings with local bodies such as the North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, as well as meetings with local employers and other Agencies.
Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme and Annual Report
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees have a work programme which is constantly monitored to ensure that it reflects the concerns of local people.
The Committees produce an Annual Report setting out what they have achieved over the previous twelve months.
Formal Overview and Scrutiny Committee meetings are open to the public. They are usually held at the Council Offices, Swale House, Frenchgate, Richmond but sometimes go out to external venues.
Overview and Scrutiny Committees also work in an informal way by means of Task Groups where they may make site visits, go out into the district to engage with the residents, carry out surveys etc. to enable them to reach conclusions on internal or external matters. They can then make recommendations for improvement which they take formally to the Strategy Board or Council.
Click on the links below to read Scrutiny Commitee 1 and Scrutiny Committee 2 workplans, and the Annual Report
Click on the links below to read Scrutiny Commitee 1 and Scrutiny Committee 2 workplans, and the Annual Report
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees regularly review their work programme to take account of issues of concern to local people.
Please fill in the online form and submit or print and return to:
Scrutiny Officer
Richmondshire District Council
Swale House, Frenchgate
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 4JE
Telephone: 01748 827093 or email: overviewscrutiny@richmondshire.gov.uk
Swale House, Frenchgate
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 4JE
Telephone: 01748 827093 or email: overviewscrutiny@richmondshire.gov.uk
Michael Dowson, Head of Democratic Services
Penny Hillary, Scrutiny Officer
Lynne Hickman, Scrutiny Support Officer
overviewscrutiny@richmondshire.gov.uk
01748 827093
01748 827094
For further, general information on Overview and Scrutiny please click on the link below: -
Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Scrutiny Committee 1
(Covering the following Theme Business Plans):
Prosperous Communities, Strong Neighbourhoods and A Well Managed Council
Councillor Paul Cullen (Chairman)
Councillor John Robinson (Vice-Chairman)
Councillor Raymond Alderson
Councillor Sue Fairhurst
Councillor Michael Heseltine
Councillor Rob Johnson
Councillor Keith Loadman
Councillor Alicia Tye
Councillor Mark Bradbury
Councillor Peter Wood
Councillor Stuart Parsons
Councillor Jill McMullon JP
Scrutiny Committee 2
(Covering the following Theme Business Plans):
Green Living, Healthy Lives & Safe Places
Councillor William Heslop (Chairman)
Councillor Tony Duff (Vice-Chairman)
Councillor Campbell Dawson
Councillor Harrison-Topham
Councillor Thomas Howard
Councillor Jimmy Wilson-Petch
Councillor Ken Lambert
Councillor Martin Bearpark
Councillor John Harris
Councillor Linda Curran
Councillor Jill McMullon JP
Vacancy
Scrutiny Management Board
The Scrutiny Management Board comprises 3 Councillors from each of the 2 Scrutiny Committees, that is the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and 1 other from each committee.
Councillor Paul Cullen
Councillor John Robinson
Councillor Campell Dawson
Councillor William Heslop
Councilor Tony Duff
Councillor Michael Heseltine
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Last updated:
16 July 2008
