CORPORATE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WORKING PARTY TERMS OF
REFERENCE FOR 2016/17
General
A Sub-Committee of the
Overview & Scrutiny Panel was established to review and
scrutinise issues related to Corporate Performance and the Council
Budget
Membership, Chairmanship and
Quorum
Number of
Members
|
Seven
|
Political
Composition
|
3 UKIP
2
Conservative
1 Labour
1 Independent
Group
|
Substitute Members
Permitted
|
Yes
|
Political Balance
Rules apply*
|
Yes
|
Appointments/Removals
from Office
|
By the Overview and
Scrutiny Panel
|
Restrictions on
Membership
|
Non-Executive Members
only
|
Restrictions on
Chairmanship
|
None
|
Quorum
|
Four
|
Number of ordinary
meetings per Council Year
|
Meetings will be
called as required and as reflected in the work programme
below
|
Terms
of Reference
1.
To monitor half-yearly, the performance of the
shared services or outsourced arrangements against set targets and
conduct annual review of agreements for these arrangements to
ensure value for money and savings; and propose action points for
improvement;
2.
To monitor the performance of the Medium Term
Financial Plan;
3.
To maintain an overview of the major projects
Council is involved in, using the project management tool
kit;
4.
To review the 2015-19 Corporate Plan to determine
progress;
5.
To review the strategies of Council to overcome the
impact of lack of income and other revenue shortfalls in forward
budget, debt management strategies and provision of services to
residents;
6.
To review the Council’s progress against the
Corporate Improvement Plan produced and monitored by the Strategic
Development Group.
Delegations
Delegate authority by
the Overview & Scrutiny Panel (on 13 January 2015) to make
recommendations on the corporate performance report directly to
Cabinet.
Notes
This working party was
established in principle by the decision of the Overview &
Scrutiny Panel on 28 May 2008. These terms of
reference were agreed by the Overview & Scrutiny Panel on 24
May 2016 and later reviewed on 16 August 2016.
*NB: The
Overview & Scrutiny Panel unanimously agreed to disregard
political proportionality in establishing membership to this sub
group.