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Consideration was given to recommendation OS 23/53 of the
Overview and Scrutiny Committee of 16 November 2023 in respect of
the recent review of appointments to outside bodies.
 
Cabinet gave due regard to the views of the Committee, the
financial and value for money considerations and the legal
implications and supported the distribution of outside bodies
appointments being divided between the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee and the 3 Scrutiny Select Committees to enable effective
engagement to be undertaken as it was recognised that the
organisations all operated very differently, with varied
requirements from their nominated representative. As a result of
the review, there was consensus that the perceived benefits were
being achieved although it was apparent that there was a lack of
consistent reporting back to the Borough Council.
 
RESOLVED: 
That
 
(1)            
the approach of distributing the annual appointments
to outside bodies list between the Overview and Scrutiny Committee
and the 3 Scrutiny Select Committees, as set out in 1.2.3 of the
report, be endorsed by Cabinet; and

 
(2)            
each Scrutiny Committee be invited to consider how
to receive feedback from the outside bodies assigned to
them.