Committee details
Finance and Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Purpose of committee
The Committee’s Terms of Reference are as follows:-
To review and scrutinise matters relating to –
(a) policies, developments, or activities of fundamental concern to all or a number of committees;
(b) the formulation and overview of the Council’s financial policies and the setting up and monitoring of its financial control arrangements; the preparation and monitoring of the Council’s programmes and budget; the budget requirement, council tax amounts and annual borrowing limits; council tax and benefits systems administration and performance; business rates arrangements and the Council’s insurances;
(c) general staffing policies of concern to all or a number of committees;
(d) office accommodation, fittings, equipment and services; computer, data processing, telecommunications and associated technology and operations;
(e) the property management account and the review of the Council’s property holdings;
(f) monitoring and auditing of general policies and programmes for the maintenance and improvement of the Council’s properties; the setting of appropriate guidelines for the processing and approval of all capital schemes relating to property;
(g) the management and, where appropriate, disposal of the Council’s industrial, commercial, etc., land and premises; house sales policies; the review and, where appropriate, disposal of all land and premises declared surplus to requirements or released for disposal in accordance with the Council’s approved sales policies;
(h) representation of the Council on outside bodies and relationships with outside bodies in general;
(i) public relations, public accountability and internal and external audit, including general overview of the effectiveness and efficiency of any service undertaken by the Council;
(j) planning for civil emergencies; boundaries of the Borough, electoral arrangements and electoral registration; local land charges;
(k) economic development; the training strategy and access to jobs and the generation of increased employment opportunities; the Council’s relations with local businesses and economic development related organisations; town centre management;
(l) the redevelopment project for the Vauxhall/Nine Elms area;
(m) the Council’s Standing Orders; the Procurement Regulations; central purchase of goods, services, materials and equipment (including vehicles);
(n) general monitoring and overview of equalities matters to ensure that the Council’s statutory duties are carried out;
(o) overall policies in connection with financial assistance to voluntary organisations, including London-wide and local organisations; financial assistance to organisations, and performance and governance arrangements for all significant partnerships, concerned with general advice giving, multi-purpose organisations and organisations not falling within the terms of reference of any other committee; and
(p) the preparation and monitoring of the Council’s Environmental Strategy and Action Programme;
(q) the environmental health of the Borough, including infectious diseases, pests and vermin; pollution; food and drugs regulation;
(r) regulatory licensing or registration in respect of environmental health, street trading and public control functions, (but not individual routine applications); general overview of the Council's functions under the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005 (but not individual routine applications);
(s) trading standards and gypsy and traveller communities;
(t) crime prevention, the Council/Police Partnership, review and monitoring of the community safety strategy; neighbourhood watch, business watch, anti-drugs initiative and similar initiatives; monitoring of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership; monitoring of Safer Neighbourhood Teams;
(u) any matters requiring urgent attention and/or not falling within the terms of reference of any other Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
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Membership
- Councillor Aled Richards-Jones (Chair)
- Councillor Leonie Cooper
- Councillor Peter Graham
- Unison Branch Secretary
Contact information
Support officer: Chris Kelly. 020 8871 6021
Postal address:
Room 154
The Town Hall
Wandsworth High Street
London
SW18 2PU
Phone: 020 8871 6021
Email: chris.kelly@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Web site: http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk