Because they are unable/unwilling to do this themselves, here are the agendas (and links to reports) for the existing 6 scrutiny committees, scraped from the award-winning website. The scrutiny commitees all meet in the so-called “Scrutiny Room” on the second floor of the Town Hall Extension (but there’s no access – you go through the pokey little side entrance on that street between Castle Grayskull and the brutalist extension, past the sign that says “no access beyond this point”, up the stairs and across the walkway. No need to book, cos everyone is welcome at these meetings. Oh yes.
Tuesday 4th March
Young People and Children’s
10am The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 38.35 KB)
- Download the Supplementary Agenda (Download Agenda. 29.14 KB)
- 5. Early Years – Final Phase of Transformation of Early Years Services (Download Report. 63.64 KB)
- 6. Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Young People in Manchester – Update Report (Download Report. 83.3 KB)
- 7. Looked After Children Commissioning Strategy (Download Report. 287.42 KB)
- 8. Free Travel Policy Report (Download Report. 41.89 KB)
- 9. Overview Report (Download Report. 45.19 KB)
Neighbourhoods
2pm The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 64.53 KB)
- Download the Supplementary Agenda (Download Agenda. 54.88 KB)
- 9. Final report and recemmendations of the Environmental Sustainability Subgroup (Download Report. 109.45 KB)
- 10. Membership of Role of Managing Agents and Letting Agents in the Private Rented Sector Task and Finish Group (Download Report. 24.38 KB)
- 11. Overview Report (Download Report. 107.52 KB)
- 6. Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 46.55 KB)
- 6. Appendix 1 – Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 844.92 KB)
- 6. Appendix A Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 19.14 KB)
- 6. Appendix B Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 165.2 KB)
- 6. Appendix C Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 1.08 MB)
- 6. Appendix D Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 199.77 KB)
- 6. Appendix E Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 924.82 KB)
- 6. Appendix F Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 1.63 MB)
- 6. Appendix G Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (Download Report. 452.11 KB)
Wednesday 5th March
Economy
10am The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 39.4 KB)
- 5. Business Growth Hub Update (Download Report. 211.9 KB)
- 6. Christmas 2013 Summary – to follow
- 7. District Centre Policy – to follow
- 8. Update on Community Budgets and Troubled Families (Download Report. 188.21 KB)
- 9. Final Report and Recommendations of the Environmental Sustainability Subgroup (Download Report. 69.68 KB)
- 10. Overview Report (Download Report. 1.81 MB)
Communities
2pm The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 28.33 KB)
- 5. Preventing Violent Extremism Report – to follow
- 6. Equality Action Plans 2014 (Download Report. 51.84 KB)
- 7. Support Available to Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Manchester (Download Report. 53.02 KB)
- 8. Protected Characteristics: Sex (Download Report. 44.96 KB)
- 9. Overview Report (Download Report. 46.88 KB)
Thursday 6th March
Finance
10am The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 44.51 KB)
- 5. 2014 Council Tax communication and support (Download Report. 108.91 KB)
- 6. National Non-Domestic Rates Policy document – update to areas of local discretion (Download Report. 92.83 KB)
- 7. Investment Strategy 2014-15: Ethical Considerations (part 2) (Download Report. 94.89 KB)
- 8. Individual Electoral Registration: progress towards the transition – to follow
- 9. The Review of Technical Services – to follow
- 10. Overview Report (Download Report. 82.18 KB)
Health
2pm The Scrutiny Committee Room, Level 2, Town Hall Extension
- Download the Agenda (Download Agenda. 63.68 KB)
- 6. Dementia Update (Download Report. 166.63 KB)
- 7. Welfare Provision Scheme (Download Report. 141.9 KB)
- 8. Health and Wellbeing Update Part 1 (Download Report. 17.23 KB)
- 9. Quality Accounts (Download Report. 19.76 KB)
- 10. Overview Report (Download Report. 79.02 KB)
You gotta laugh or you cry. Councillors get paid £8000 plus to make decisions and scrutinize the workings of local government on OUR BEHALF. And because they are not doing their job (they are working on behalf of other interest groups and themselves) we have to do it ourselves, on top of our other jobs and family commitments. Orff with their heads.
Oh, it’s worse than that!
In Manchester they get 16K.
And even when they try to get items onto a committee’s agenda, these things can magically “disappear”. More on this later…
Marc
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