Agenda

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

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 22^nd January, 2025.

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.

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.

To consider any petitions received from members of the public.

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.

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

The Committee is asked to respond and comment on the update (Appendix A refers) that addresses the recommendations made by Overview & Scrutiny Committee’s Homelessness Task & Finish group on the reducing the impact of homelessness.

The Committee is asked to consider and comment on this report that presents an update on the progress being made in implementing the Corporate Plan 2023-27 Action Plan 2024-25 and to give Cabinet an opportunity to discuss and agree decisions that should be taken regarding any issues raised.

To consider and comment on the report that provides an outline on the progress made in delivering against the actions in the Action Plan over the period to December 2024 when the Peer Review Team returned to the District Council to assess the progress made against the recommendations made in their original report.

This report presents the Medium-Term Financial Strategy demonstrates how the Council’s financial resources will used to deliver declared aims and priorities.

It sets out the overall shape of the Council’s budget by determining the level of resources that will be available and how these are currently allocated between services.

This provides a medium-term framework to enable members and officers to develop detailed annual budget allocations.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee is asked to consider and comment on the report.

Members are asked to consider and comment on the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.

Members are asked to consider, comment and recommend potential items for inclusion on the upcoming Overview & Scrutiny Work Programme.

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.”