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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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