Issue - meetings

Report CSD17074

The Committee received a report summarising its role. The report included the Committee’s terms of reference and terms of reference for its sub-committees, and a draft work programme for the 2017/18 Council year. It was noted that there would be reports on elections and complaints – it was suggested that the complaints report needed to give a picture of whether complaints were increasing or not.

The Chairman and other Members suggested the following additional issues for consideration at future meetings –

·  A review of outside body appointments;

·  A review of the Scheme of Delegation to Officers;

·  Training for newly elected Members

It was also suggested that there should be feedback to the Committee from the Licensing Sub-Committee meetings either the decisions from each meeting or a summary of recent decisions.

The Committee discussed the briefings provided by the Licensing Officer that the Chairman received on incidents in Beckenham and Bromley town centres – the chairman offered to pass these on. Members commented that there was no similar information for Orpington town centre, and that more generally it was difficult to obtain information from the Police on incidents in their wards.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.