The Council has appointed two Overview &
Scrutiny Committees, an Internal Overview & Scrutiny Committee
and an External Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
The Internal Overview & Scrutiny Committee
has the power to review the policies of the Council and its
objectives, and is entitled to ‘call in’ decisions made
by the Community & Resources Committee which are not yet
implemented. They can also recommend that the Community &
Resources Committee reconsider such a decision. Issues that remain
unresolved will be referred to the Full Council for
determination.
Due
to current on-going Covid-19 pandemic Torridge District
Council’s meetings are currently being held remotely via
Zoom. To ensure full transparency with the democratic process
the Council has set out the following:
Attending the meeting
The meeting will be shown live
on the Council’s YouTube channel which you can access via the
following link: -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6HLRBfmTsd6UOt9ur_k3g/
Public Speaking
If you wish to speak at any of
our Committees please register by 2pm two working days before the
meeting. To register to speak either email dem.services@torridge.gov.uk or call
01237 428705.
The meeting will be held
remotely using Zoom and once you have registered to speak you will
receive an email from us with a link to the meeting for use with
Zoom, alternatively the email will also include telephone numbers
that you phone to join the meeting and there will also be a link
for you to join the meeting via business skype. At the
appropriate time you will be temporarily admitted to the meeting
whilst you address the Committee. Once you have finished
speaking, you will be removed as a participant of the meeting and
can view and listen via YouTube (as above).
If you would prefer to provide
a written submission this would be read out to the Committee for
you at the appropriate time by an officer – we request that
this is emailed to us and received by noon on the day before the
meeting.
By participating in public
speaking at the committee you agree to abide by the code of conduct
which you will have received.
We recommend that you check
that you can access via one of the above options prior to the
meeting.
The Council cannot be
responsible for any connection or IT issues that you may experience
and unfortunately the Council will not be able to provide any
support to you on the day of the meeting.
The Council meetings cannot be
delayed due to a technical or connection issue by one of the public
speakers.