Committee details

The Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee supports the work of the Council and its Executive.

There is one overall Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee that is responsible for monitoring and reviewing all its decisions taken by the Executive.

More information about what the Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee is responsible for and who the members are, is available in the Ipswich Borough Council Constitution (Part 3, Section 4).

If the Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee considers that a decision is taken which may be contrary to public interest it can recommend that Executive reconsiders this decision.

The Overview & Scrutiny function ensures that:

Executive Decisions are publicly held to account;

The policy process and decision making becomes more transparent;

The corporate priorities and the budgetary framework are effective.

Call-in

If it is felt that an Executive decision has been made incorrectly, the Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee has the power to call-in that decision. The decision then cannot be acted upon until the ‘call-in’ has been considered by Strategic Overview & Scrutiny Committee. If, after considering the call-in, the Committee still has concerns, it can refer the matter back to the Executive.

More information about the call-in process is available in the Ipswich Borough Council Constitution (Part 4, Section 5).