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RECOMMENDED – T H A T Councillor E. Goodjohn be appointed Vice-Chair for the Municipal year.
These were received from Councillors E.J. Goodjohn, R. Fisher and N.J. Wood.
RECOMMENDED – T H A T the minutes of the Corporate Performance and Resources Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 9th April, 2025 be approved as a correct record.
No declarations of interest were received.
The report was presented by the Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer, and requested that Members consider the draft Annual Forward Work Programme items and topics of investigatory scrutiny (Task and Finish Review) for 2025/26 and the new Resources Scrutiny Committee. A draft Forward Work Programme Schedule for 2025/26 was attached at Appendix A and Members of the Committee were asked to consider the contents for approval. In addition, the Committee was asked to note the remit of the Resources Scrutiny Committee, as shown in paragraph 1.2 of the report. Following presentation of the report, Committee Members made the following suggestions for Task and Finish work topics: Committee Member: Suggested Topic: Potential Areas of Focus/ Investigation Councillor Loveluck- The Council’s How communications Edwards Communications Strategy could be improved, in terms of both promoting the successful work of services, and also regarding how the Council engages with residents’ responses to its communications, particularly online. Councillor Carroll Productivity within the Making use of the Authority benefits of using AI in the Council’s work; The impact of home- working on the Council’s output. Councillor Carroll Tackling waste within the Authority Councillor Franks Financial Cost/Benefit analysis of the introduction of Car Parking charges across the Vale of Glamorgan. Councillor Franks The impact of the Council’s Whether the Arts Policies on the Council’s arts policies economic and social life of generate additional the Vale of Glamorgan resources – for example, whether there is a benefit in terms of generating jobs Whether improving the cultural life of Vale of Glamorgan residents benefits as many people as possible. Understanding the positive impacts of investment in cultural services in the Vale of Glamorgan – For example of Arts Central and Penarth Pier Pavilion. Councillor Protheroe Contact Centre Redesign A review of C1V, including looking at improvements to the service, including response times to residents’ calls. Councillor Campbell Attrition rates for Council Whether there is a staff correlation between **Due to connection attrition rates and issues, these were recruitment methods, provided during the particularly regarding meeting via telephone call social care and with a supporting Officer. school staff. The Council’s spend on agency staff, and how this may correlate with recruitment processes. The length of recruitment processes for certain roles. Councillor Loveluck-Edwards subsequently made the point that a Task and Finish topic regarding working from home may be one where it may be difficult for Members to affect change, given that there was an existing policy in place, which had been agreed by stakeholders such as the trade unions. Officers subsequently provided the following advice in response to questions from the Committee: • The Draft Forward Work Programme was briefer than those used in previous years, in terms of the number of reports which were scheduled to be reported to Committee meetings. This was due to a number of reports now sitting under the remit of other Scrutiny Committees, but was also intentional, so as to encourage more meaningful scrutiny of each item, and to allow agenda space for any additional items which may arise as the municipal year progressed, for example references from Cabinet, or as a result of the Committee’s Task and Finish work. • At this stage, all of Members’ suggestions for Task and Finish topics, including those which may crossover with, or which may eventually sit better within the remit of other Scrutiny Committees would be considered, with a view to Committee refining and prioritising these topics, as Task and Finish work developed. With no further queries or comments, Committee subsequently: RECOMMENDED – (1) T H A T the initial draft of the Forward Work Programme Schedule for 2025/26 (Appendix A to the report) including suggestions for areas for deeper dive Task and Finish review investigations, be agreed. (2) T H A T the remit of the Resources Scrutiny Committee be noted. Reasons for recommendations (1) To agree the items and topics that the Resources Scrutiny Committee will consider for 2025/26. (2) To note the remit for the new Resources Scrutiny Committee.
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