Agenda and minutes

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To receive any declarations of interest.

The minutes of the Place Scrutiny Panel meeting held on 30 June 2025 were submitted and approved as a correct record.

Recommendation: The Scrutiny Panel considers its work programme for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year and selects up to three topics for submission to the Overview and Scrutiny Board for approval.

The Democratic Services Officer presented a report, the purpose of which was to assist Members of the Panel to consider and agree its work programme for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year. A list of suggestions received in respect of the Scrutiny Panel's remit were contained in the submitted report. It was suggested that the Scrutiny Panel should select two topics to review. Members discussed the suggestions received from Councillors, Council Officers and members of the public. The Chair invited Panel Members to suggest topics at the meeting.

Recycling was a topic of interest for Members but it was suggested by the Director of Environment and Community Services that due to the introduction of new recycling initiatives in the town, it would be more useful to look at this topic at a later date once these changes had been fully implemented.

Following discussion, Panel Members agreed the following topics for review:

1.     Barriers to Regeneration (ongoing review)

2.     Commemorating Middlesbrough's Bicentenary in 2030

3.     Development of a Vision for the Town

4.     The Council's Role in Housing

The regular Statutory Updates will also be included in the programme as follows:

5.     Flood Risk Management

6.     RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers) (Annual update)

7.     Community Safety Partnership (Annual update)

8.     Prevent and Channel (Annual update)

In relation to topics 3 and 4, the Panel envisage including other suggestions put forward for the work programme rather than stand alone reviews including greening the environment, the Conservation Policy and the Housing Strategy.  

AGREED as follows that:

1.     The information provided was received and noted.

2.     The topics listed at 1 to 4 above, would be submitted to the Overview and Scrutiny Board for approval.

3.     The Director of Environment and Community Services would provide an update at a future meeting about the council’s new recycling initiatives and the community engagement and education resources available to promote recycling in the town.

The next meeting of the Place Scrutiny Panel was scheduled for Monday 29 September 2025 at 1.30 pm.

Recommendation: The Panel is asked to consider the proposed schedule of meeting dates for the Municipal Year 2025-2026 and to agree a finalised schedule.

A proposed schedule of meeting dates for the Place Scrutiny Panel for the 2025-2026 Municipal Year was submitted for the Panel's consideration.

AGREED that the proposed meeting dates for 2025-2026 were approved.

None.