Agenda

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 11th December, 2024 9.30 am

Venue: Council Chamber - Council Offices

Contact: Emma Childs  Email: emma.childs@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

To Receive Apologies for Absence

2.

Substitutes

3.

Public Questions & Statements

To receive questions / statements from the public, if any.

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 329 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on Wednesday 13th November 2024.

5.

Items of Urgent Business

To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

6.

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 721 KB

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

7.

Petitions From Members of the Public pdf icon PDF 303 KB

To consider any petitions received from members of the public.

 

 

 

Petition against the closure of public toilets in Stalham

 

 

On 14th October 2024 a paper and online petition with 787 signatures from residents stating addresses or post codes from within the North Norfolk District was provided to the North Norfolk District Council. Some of the other signatories may not fall to be accepted within the petition scheme where there is insufficient information to support that the signatory does not live, work or study within the North Norfolk District Council area. The petition has been accepted by the Council as a valid petition.

 

The following aims of the petition were stated:

 

Not to close the public toilets in Stalham until further consultation and new toilets are put in place.

 

Additional documents:

8.

Consideration of Any Matter Referred to the Committee by a Member

To consider any requests made by non-executive Members of the Council, submitted to the Democratic Services Manager with seven clear working days’ notice, to include an item on the agenda of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

9.

Responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee's Reports or Recommendations

To consider any responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee’s reports or recommendations:

10.

Fees & Charges 2025/2026 pdf icon PDF 213 KB

Fees & Charges 2025/26

 

Executive Summary

This report recommends the fees and charges for the financial year 2025-26 that will come into effect from 1 April 2025.

 

Options considered.

 

Alternatives for the individual service fees and charges proposed have been considered by service managers as part of the process of creating this report.

 

Consultation(s)

Portfolio Holder

Director of Resources/S151 Officer

Budget Managers

 

Recommendations

 

That Overview and Scrutiny Committee agree and recommend Cabinet recommend to full Council:

  • The fees and charges from 1 April 2025 as included in Appendix A.

 

  • That delegated authority be given to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and relevant Directors/Assistant Director to agree the fees and charges not included within Appendix A as required (outlined within the report).

 

Reasons for recommendations

 

To approve the Council’s proposed fees and charges for 2025/26.

 

Background papers

 

Fees & Charges 2024/25 report (Full Council – 20 February 2024)

 

 

Wards affected

All

Cabinet member(s)

Cllr Lucy Shires

Contact Officer

Tina Stankley, Section 151 Officer

 

Additional documents:

11.

Overview & Scrutiny Work Programme and Update pdf icon PDF 214 KB

To receive an update on progress made with topics on its agreed work programme, training updates and to receive any further information which Members may have requested at a previous meeting.

12.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To pass the following resolution, if necessary:

 

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”