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To ensure that
needs and aspirations of the citizens of Lincoln are recognised
through our community
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To
assist the Council and the Executive in the development of policy
by analysing the Communities unmet needs and wants and evaluating
areas by:-
- Undertaking consultation within communities to assist in policy
development
- Recommending mechanisms to encourage and enhance community
participation in the development of policy options
- Liaising with other organisations operating in the area whether
national, regional or local to ensure that the interests of local
people are enhanced by co-ordinating policies and partnership
working
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To establish gaps
in policy and any unmet policy issues facing the authority and make
recommendations to the Executive and/or Council on their
development.
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To scrutinise and
monitor the implementation of the Community Plan, Local Area
Agreements and the functioning of the Local Strategic
Partnership.
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To review the
policy and provision of service of external partners to ensure that
the Council is working in a cohesive manner.
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To act as a
consultation forum for the development of the Council’s
budget and policy framework.
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To
scrutinise and monitor the development of the Local
Development
Framework.
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To prepare an
annual work programme for approval by the Council having regard to any recommendations by the
Council, the Executive or the Scrutiny Select Committee.
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To ensure that all
matters provided within the work programmes is carried out
efficiently including reporting to Council or the Executive.
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To respond, in
consultation with the Executive to any Government or external
consultation concerning any issues within their remits.
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To appoint any
Panels as is considered appropriate to fulfil their functions.
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To
question members of the Executive, Chairs of Committees and Panels
and appropriate officers about their decisions where necessary
subject to any applicable codes of conduct
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To look at areas
of concern in the Council where policies, or processes are not
enabling the authority to meet its targets and objectives, or where
objectives have changed and policy needs to reflect those changes.
To recommend to the Executive and or Council changes in policy or
process.
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To review or
scrutinise decisions made, or other action taken, in connection
with the discharge of any functions which are the responsibility of
the Executive, whether taken by the Executive itself, any committee
of the Executive, any individual member of the Executive or any
officer.
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To hold the Executive to
account by reviewing the past and future work programme of
portfolio holders and the Executives Forward Plan
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To ensure that all matters
provided within the work programmes is carried out efficiently
including reporting to Council or the Executive.
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To
liaise on significant emerging issues to ensure common
understanding on their impact within the authority.
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To
review the performance of the Executive and senior
officers.
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To report to Full Council on
any decision made by the Executive which the Committee is of the
opinion that the decision was a key decision, as defined in the
Access to Information Rules as contained in the Constitution, but
was not dealt with by the Executive as a key
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