AGENDA - SCRUTINY
Thursday 27 October 2005 at 10:00 am in the Cary Room


1.         Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Group held on 22 September 2005 (as previously circulated).  

2.         Urgent Business - brought forward at the discretion of the Chairman.  

3.         Division of Agenda - to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt information.

4.         Declarations of Interest - Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting.

5.         Matters (if any) referred to the Group under Part 4 (18) Rules of Procedure – Call-in of decisions where Members of Scrutiny have evidence which suggests that the Executive did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 13 (Decision Making) .

6.         Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) and South Hams Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) to receive presentations from both the CAB and CVS on the use of grant funding provided by the Council.  Copies of the Service Level Agreements and monitoring reports are attached for each.  

            Service Level Agreement between DCC, SHDC & South Hams CAB

            Service Level Agreement between DCC, SHDC, SH & WD PCT, & SHCVS

            Service Level Agreement Report - South Hams CVS              

7.         Summarised Final Accounts Findings Report – to receive a presentation on the summarised final accounts findings report from Mr Craig Sullivan from the Council’s External Auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

8.         Risk Management – Quarterly Review  

9.         Performance Indicators

            Appendix A - Community & Resources April -September 2005

            Appendix A - Operations April-September 2005

            Appendix A - Employment Estates April-September 2005

10.       Feedback from Scrutiny Members on their Shadowing Roles - Oral Reports  

11.       Agenda Items for Future Meetings of Scrutiny  

Members of the public may wish to note that the Council's meeting rooms

are accessible by wheelchairs and have a loop induction hearing system  

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N.B.    Legal and financial officers will not, as a general rule, be present throughout all meetings, but will be on standby if required.  Members are requested to advise the Member Support Service in advance of the meeting if they require any information of a legal or financial nature.  

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MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER  

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