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 9^th April 2025.

Please note that the minutes will follow.

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 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.

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:

To note the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.

To review the Action Tracker and make any recommendations where issues are still outstanding.

The Annual Work Programme has been reviewed and a draft schedule has been prepared, with suggested topics as well as standard, cyclical items.

Members are invited to review the proposed work programme and suggest topics for inclusion for the forthcoming year, taking into consideration the guiding principles (Appendix A) and the changes agreed by the Committee in July 2024 (Appendix B).

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.”