The Overview & Scrutiny Committee is holding a special meeting to consider the proceedings of the extraordinary meeting of Hertfordshire County Council held on 19 November 2025, particularly regarding the voting process. The meeting has been called by Councillors Alexander Curtis, Caroline Clapper and Christopher Alley. The committee will also consider items for report to the council.

Extraordinary Meeting of Hertfordshire County Council

The main item for discussion is the extraordinary meeting of Hertfordshire County Council held on 19 November 2025. According to the report pack, the meeting has been called to allow the committee to:

consider issues experienced at the extraordinary meeting of full Council held on 19 November 2025, in particular, the voting.

The request for the meeting was made by three members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Councillor Alexander Curtis, Councillor Caroline Clapper and Councillor Christopher Alley. According to the Background Report, the purpose of the special meeting is to:

provide an opportunity for the controversies of last week's meeting, especially around the voting, to be examined on a cross-party basis by OSC, so that lessons can be learned ahead of the upcoming meeting of County Council on 9th December 2025.

The meeting programme indicates that Fiona Thomson, Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Committee will welcome attendees, and Quentin Baker, Director of Law and Governance will make a statement. Councillor Alexander Curtis will then make a statement as the lead member of those who have called the Special Meeting of OSC. There will then be a response to the points raised by Quentin Baker, Angie Ridgewell, Chief Executive, and Steve Jarvis, Leader of the Council. The members of the OSC will then have an opportunity to ask questions, followed by a debate and decision.

Items for Report to the Council

The committee will also consider items for report to the council. The agenda notes that this item will be included in the committee's report to the council.

Other Business

The minutes of the committee meeting held on 25 October 2025 are scheduled to be considered at the next ordinary meeting on 17 December 2025.