Residents Oversight Committee

Role: Resident Oversight Committee

Term: up to three years

The role of the Resident Oversight Committee is to work constructively with Milton Keynes City Council in scrutinising the performance, quality, and value for money of Milton Keynes City council landlord services

To be eligible for this group you will need to be one of the following:

Milton Keynes City Council Tenant

Resident Leaseholder

Shared owner

• Undertake work and make recommendations for the benefit of all Tenants, Resident Leaseholders and Shared Owners.
• Commit the time to attend meetings regularly and read papers in advance of meetings. The Committee will meet monthly. We ask that you commit to attend a minimum of four meetings a year.
• To be active participants at meetings.
• Commit time to site visits and special projects undertaken from time to time.
• Attend and actively participate in training.
• To declare any conflict of interest. A conflict of interest occurs when a member’s personal or business interests affects their ability to act fairly in the interests of all Tenants, Shared Owners, and Resident Leaseholders.
• Maintain confidentiality when necessary.

• Good listening and communication skills.
• Ability to work positively and collaboratively.
• Ability to identify issues and solutions.
• Ability to challenge constructively, whilst respecting others’ views.