Overview & Scrutiny Committees
How to get involved
There are a number of ways you can keep up to date and get
involved in the work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees.
To subscribe to any of these services or for more information
contact the OSC team.
If you have been invited to speak at an Overview and
Scrutiny Committee meeting, our Attending
Scrutiny Guide will let you know what to expect.
The E-Bulletin and Agenda Alert
The Scrutiny Section provides two free electronic services to
allow members of the public to keep abreast of the activities of
the Committees:
The E-Bulletin is a bi-monthly newsletter which summarises the
Committees' work over the previous months, highlights upcoming
meetings and reports on interesting news.
Agenda Alert is a regular service which e-mails out the links to
the online agendas for upcoming meetings, allowing people to see
what is going to be discussed at each meeting. This is an
especially useful service as, in the event of an amended agenda
being issued, an additional Agenda Alert is sent out ensuring that
those wishing to attend a meeting always have up to date
papers.
Attending Meetings
By attending Overview and Scrutiny meetings you can follow the
progress of inquiries in person. Meetings usually take place at the
Town Hall in Maidstone. Check the Committee homepages for the
agendas for meetings and to confirm the venue.
All Overview and Scrutiny meetings are open to the public and
members of the public are very welcome to come along. However, if
the Committee needs to discuss confidential information regarding
an item on the agenda, the press and members of the public will be
asked to leave the room during the discussion.
Submitting Evidence to an Inquiry
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees welcome views or comments
from members of the public in connection with any of their
inquiries. Find out more about how you can submit evidence and
comment on current reviews via the links on the Committees'
'Current Review' pages.
Suggesting a Topic for Inquiry
Is there anything you would like for the Overview and Scrutiny
Committees to review? The Committees welcome suggestions for topics
of inquiries and will consider issues put forward by any members of
the public, interest groups or businesses.
Suggestion for reviews must meet the following criteria:
- affect a group of people living within the Maidstone
Borough;
- relate to a service, event or issue in which the Council has a
significant stake or over which the Council has an influence;
- not be an issue which overview and scrutiny has considered
during the last 12 months;
- not relate to an indvidual service complaint;
- not relate to matters dealt with by another Council committee,
unless the issue deals with procedure.
To recommend a topic for review, complete the Review
Suggestion Form and send it to osc@maidstone.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 6/13/2008