Issue - meetings

To receive the report of the Overview and Scrutiny Task Group.

The report of the Overview and Scrutiny Task Group be received and the recommendations approved.

The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Councillor John Walker, presented the report which had identified eight recommendations in four different areas (governance and resource, community leadership, Council operations, and legislation and policy). Councillor Steve Holgate, Chair of the Task Group, thanked members and officers involved with the inquiry, which had engaged with different stakeholder groups/residents to increase the scope of influence and develop a longer-term response.

Decision: That the recommendations set out in the Overview and Scrutiny Task Group report be approved and an action plan be developed to expedite the green agenda as a corporate priority.