The Committee received the report of the Chief Executive on the Council’s Call-In and Urgency Procedures.  In accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Rule 17 (b) of the Constitution, the operation of the provisions relating to call-in, and urgency was monitored annually through a report submitted to full Council via the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC).

The Call-In procedure was the mechanism by which the Council’s OSC could challenge decisions made by the Executive that were not yet implemented.  Eight Executive meetings had been held during the period of the report from 1 March 2023 up until 28 February 2024.  No Executive decisions had been called-in during the period to which the report related and two decisions of Cabinet within the approved budget and policy framework had been deemed and resolved as urgent decisions.

Members agreed that the current arrangements for calling-in an executive decision remained satisfactory and it was not considered necessary to amend the call-in provisions. 

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.