Progress on Issues Raised

North Yorkshire Council

Transport, Economy, Environment and Enterprise

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

30 January 2025

Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee

1.0 PURPOSE OF REPORT

1.1 To advise Members of:

(i) progress on issues which the Transport, Economy, Environment and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee has raised at previous meetings; and
(ii) any other matters that have arisen since the last meeting and which relate to the remit of the Committee.

2.0 BACKGROUND

2.1 This ‘Progress on Issues Raised’ report has been introduced to the Transport, Economy, Environment and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee following the use of similar reports to the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel and the Scrutiny of Health Committee.

2.2 Going forwards, it will list previous resolutions and/or when it requested further information to be submitted to future meetings. As a starting point, the table below provides a list of issues which were identified at the previous committee meeting on 17 October 2024 and provides an update on whether these have been resolved, or if not what progress has been made to allow committee members to track outcomes in a transparent way.

2.3 The Committee is asked to consider whether any further follow-up is required at this stage.

	Date	Minute number and subject (if applicable)	Committee resolution or issue raised	Comment / date required	Status
1	17 October 2024	12 - Public Participation	The Chair committed to write to the Executive Member for Highways & Transport / Corporate Director for Environment expressing frustration with the continued delay in delivering a solution for Jackson’s Lane, Scarborough	ASAP	Completed
	Date	Minute number and subject (if applicable)	Committee resolution or issue raised	Comment / date required	Status
2	17 October 2024	13 - NY Highways Performance and Progress	Send information as a reminder on resilience and emergency/out of hours contacts to all Councillors	ASAP	Completed
3	17 October 2024	13 - NY Highways Performance and Progress	Various queries for further information / clarification and investigate potential reports on highways issues	ASAP	Either in progress or completed
4	17 October 2024	Review of Future Household Waste Collection Options	In considering this item, concerns around i) the financial modelling, ii) the future planning policy and iii) learning from other local authorities when deciding the household waste collection scheme to be adopted in the future were raised.	Executive Meeting – 21 January 2025	A breakdown of the main points raised were included as part of the report (Section 5.8 here) for consideration at the Executive meeting.
5	17 October 2024	17 – Work Programme	Organise a private briefing for committee members on Allerton Waste Recovery Park	By next meeting	Briefing held in January 2025

3.0 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

3.1 There are no significant financial implications arising from this report.

4.0 LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

4.1 There are no significant legal implications arising from this report.

5.0 EQUALITIES IMPLICATIONS

5.1 There are no significant equalities implications arising from this report.

6.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS

6.1 There are no significant climate change implications arising from this report.

7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

7.1 It is recommended that the Transport, Economy, Environment and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee:
(a) notes the report;
(b) considers whether any of the points highlighted in this report require further follow-up.

APPENDICES: None

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS: None.

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive, Legal and Democratic Services

County Hall

Northallerton

21 January 2025

Report Author: Will Baines, Senior Scrutiny Officer.