Corporate & Partnerships Overview and Scrutiny Committee Remit
Scope • The Council’s corporate organisation and structure, resource allocation, asset management, procurement policy, people strategy, equality and diversity, performance management, communication and access to services. • Partnership working, community development, community engagement, community strategies and community safety. • This Committee is the Crime & Disorder Committee for the purposes of Part 3 of the Police and Justice Act 2006. Agenda Briefings (Attended by Group Spokespersons only) - will be held at 9.30am on the day of the committee meeting
Corporate and Partnerships Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2025-2026 Work Programme
Committee Meeting – 9 June 2025 @ 10:30am
Transformation	Progress update on convergence and transformation of services, to include update on new Corporate Property Strategy - Brigette Giles, Interim AD for Transformation
Corporate Services Performance	Update provided by Will Boardman & Gary Fielding
Workforce Annual Update	Provided by Trudy Foster, Assistant Chief Executive (HR & Business Support)
Locality Budgets	Annual review of Councillor Locality Budgets 2024/25 and feedback on proposal to revise bid criteria – Rachel Joyce, Assistant Chief Executive (Local Engagement)
Localities Team Update	An overview report on the Localities Service programme funding – Marie-Ann Jackson, Head of Localities
North Yorkshire Refugee Resettlement Update	Annual Programme Update – Jonathan Spencer, Refugee Resettlement Project Manager
Notice of Motion	Feedback on Notice of Motion from meeting of full Council in February 2025, relating to the creation of a ‘Register of disposable assets’ – Kerry Metcalfe, AD Property Procurement & Commercial
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Additional Committee Meeting – 16^th or 23^rd June 2025 @ 10:30am
Attendance of Deputy Mayor	Proposal to invite Jo Coles, York and North Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire and Crime to receive an update on the new Police & Crime Plan for 2025-2029 and new Fire & Rescue Plan, and to hear her views on crime, ASB and the services commissioned to provide support to victims etc (attendance to be confirmed).
Mid Cycle Briefing – 7 July 2025 @ 10:30am
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Committee Meeting – 29 September 2025 @ 10:30am
Community Safety	Bi-annual Update on Community Safety Plan Delivery & Partnership Working – Odette Robson, Head of Safer Communities, Chair of CSP - Assistant Chief Constable Fiona Willey
Localities Update	Bi-annual update on work of the Localities Service to include an update on volunteering Marie-Ann Jackson, Head of Localities & Keeley Metcalfe, NYCC Resourcing Solutions Business Partner
Transformation	Progress update on convergence and transformation of services - Brigette Giles, Interim Director of Transformation & Amani Anderson Leefe (new AD for Transformation)
Property	Draft Corporate Property Strategy – Kerry Metcalfe, AD Property Procurement and Commercial
Customers	Draft Customer Strategy – Margaret Wallace, AD Customer Revenue and Benefits
Resilience and Emergencies	Annual performance update on the National Resilience Standards – to include an overview of ongoing Resilience and Emergencies work and an update on sandbags – Matt Robinson, Head of Resilience and Emergencies – DEFERRED to December 2025 meeting
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Mid Cycle Briefing – 3 November 2025 @ 10:30am
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Committee Meeting – 15 December 2025 @ 10:30am
Community Safety	A detailed update on Hate Crime (to include an overview of the number of arrests leading to conviction), and on the work of the Community Safety Hubs (to include statistics on other crime categories, ASB burglaries, retail crime etc, and an update on mitigation activity and outcomes) - Odette Robson, Head of Safer Communities & Chair of CSP - ACC Fiona Willey
Home Working & Sickness Absence	Update on Home Working Arrangements, and sickness absence – Trudy Forster, Assistant Chief Executive (HR & Business Support)
Transformation	Progress update on convergence and transformation of services - Amani Anderson Leefe, AD for Transformation, to include high level Transformation Plan and an update on restructures.
Equalities	Annual Update on Equalities – Will Boardman
Resilience and Emergencies	Annual performance update on the National Resilience Standards – to include an overview of ongoing Resilience and Emergencies work and an update on sandbags – Matt Robinson, Head of Resilience and Emergencies (deferred from September meeting)
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Mid Cycle Briefing – 26 January 2026 @ 10:30am
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Committee Meeting – 16 March 2026 @ 10:30am
Transformation	Progress update on convergence and transformation of services - Amani Anderson Leefe, Director of Transformation, to include an update on new Procurement System and an update on Revenues & Benefits.
Community Safety	Bi-annual Update on Community Safety Plan Delivery & Partnership Working – Odette Robson, Head of Safer Communities & Chair of CSP - Assistant Chief Constable Catherine Clarke
Council Plan 2024-28 Development	Update on Council Plan Refresh including Review of Council Priorities – Will Boardman, Head of Strategy & Performance (draft Plan to be presented)
Youth Justice	Annual Performance Update – Barbara Merrygold, YJS Planning & Development Officer / Andy Dukes YJS Team Manager
Localities Update	Bi-annual update on work of the Localities Service to include an update on volunteering Marie-Ann Jackson, Head of Localities & Keeley Metcalfe, NYCC Resourcing Solutions Business Partner
Notice of Motion	Feedback on Notice of Motion from meeting of full Council in November 2025, relating to ‘Supporting Area Committee decision-making’.
Work Programme 2025/26	Consideration of the work programme
Mid Cycle Briefing – 27 April 2026 @ 10:30am
Draft Work Programme 2026/27	Consideration of the work programme