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Those who exercise executive power, and spend public money, should expect to be held to account for what they do. And of course they are, in a whole variety of ways and by all sorts of people.
One of the key aims of Hertsmere’s Overview and Scrutiny Committees is to involve a wide range of interested parties, including the local community and to take their views into account as part of the scrutiny process.
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees would welcome suggestions for topics to be reviewed and will consider issues put forward by any members of the public, interest groups or businesses.
Overview and Scrutiny meetings are normally open to the public.
The Overview and Scrutiny Committees may, from time to time, invite people to attend a meeting to address it, discuss issues of local concern and / or answer questions.
The Environment Scrutiny Committee is currently gathering evidence on street markets, the Site Allocations Preferred Options Development Plan Document and the Council’s planning enforcement service.
An Overview and Scrutiny can ‘call-in’ decisions made by the Executive which have not yet been implemented.
To suggest a review: