Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

Cllr A Bown, Cllr S Coles, Cllr B Filmer, Cllr P Ham, Cllr T Lock, Cllr T Napper, Cllr H Prior-Sankey, Cllr D Ruddle, Cllr J Thorne, Cllr A Wedderkopp and Cllr J Woodman all declared a personal interest as a District and/or City/Town, Parish Councillor.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2017 were accepted as being accurate by the Committee and were signed by the Chairman.

The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting. These questions may be taken during the meeting, when the relevant agenda item is considered, at the Chairman’s discretion.  

The Chairman welcomed the following members of the public to the meeting and invited them to speak about agenda item 5: Mr Baddeley; Mr Farrell; Mr Power; Mrs Power; Mr Hossell; Mr Lodge. It was explained that statements received from those members of the public had also been circulated to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

To receive an update on the A358 road improvements.

The Committee received a presentation from the Strategic Commissioning Manager – Highways and Transport on the A358 Taunton to Southfields dualling scheme and the non-statutory consultation process by Highways England (HE). It was noted that the Council had campaigned to secure improvements to the whole of the A303/A30/A358 corridor and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

To receive an update on Flood and Water management in Somerset.

The Committee received a presentation from the Strategic Commissioning Manager – Community Infrastructure and the Service Manager – Flood Risk Management who together provided an overview and an update on the role and work of SCC as the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA). It was noted at the outset that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

To receive an update on the Council’s Information and Communication Technology.

The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Commercial and Business Services Director on the Council’s overall ICT strategy. The main focus of the improvements was to work across 3 themes to increase productivity; resilience and compliance.

Some members expressed concerns with IT issues since joining the Council and there  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

To appoint Members to Joint Scrutiny Bodies, including scrutiny of Somerset Rivers Authority and Somerset Waste Board.

The Chairman invited the Scrutiny Manager to explain that the Committee, in previous quadrenniums, had appointed 2 of its Members to sit on Joint Scrutiny bodies in Somerset. These Joint Scrutiny Bodies currently provided an overview and Scrutiny of the Somerset Waste Board and the Somerset Rivers Authority, and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

To receive an update from the Governance Manager, Scrutiny and discuss any items for the work programme. To assist the discussion, attached are:

·        The Committee’s work programme

·        The Cabinet’s forward plan

The Committee considered and noted the Cabinet Forward Plan of proposed Key Decisions.

The Committee considered its own work programme and the future agenda items listed, and noted that the next meeting would take place in July.

It was suggested that an item on Road Safety Strategy be added to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.

The Chairman, after ascertaining there were no other matters arising, thanked all those present for attending the meeting.