Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive and Chief Digital Officer enclosed.

The Council’s Champion for Scrutiny arrangements gave an introduction to the circulated report, describing how much scrutiny had matured since December 2017 and January 2018, when the Wales Audit Office had conducted a review of the Council’s scrutiny arrangements.

Members felt it was important to include Town/Community Councils in the scrutiny process as much as possible, as well as members of the public. Discussion also took place around holding meetings within the local community, where relevant and practical.

RESOLVED:         that the Council’s response to the proposals for improvement, as contained in Appendix 1 to the Wales Audit Office report ‘Overview and Scrutiny – Fit for the Future? – Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’, be approved.