The Performance and Finance
Sub-Committee has the following power and duties:
1.
to be the key driver of the scrutiny
function’s work programme and the body responsible for
monitoring the performance of the council and partners in relation
to their stated priorities;
2.
to consider/monitor, on an exception basis, the
financial and service performance of the organisation;
3.
to consider/monitor the performance of the Local
Area Agreement;
4.
to undertake specific investigation of identified
‘hot spots’ through Q&A, reports or challenge
panels – subject to endorsement by Overview and Scrutiny
Committee;
5.
to refer ‘hot spots’ to Overview &
Scrutiny for more detailed investigation where
necessary;
6.
to consider such urgent items as are appropriate – ad hoc,
Councillor Calls for Action, area scrutiny.
(This Scrutiny Sub-Committee was formed in July
2007.)
Information on how to submit a
petition,
deputation or
public question is available on the council website.
