Agenda

To be notified at the meeting of any substitutions.

To receive questions/statements from the public, if any (to be notified at the meeting).

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 12^th February, 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 be notified at the meeting).

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 be notified at the meeting).

To consider any responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee’s reports or recommendations (to be notified at the meeting).

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee is invited to comment on the attached report and accompanying appendix present the 2023 – 2027 Corporate Plan Action Plan for the period April 2025 – March 2026 that was presented to Cabinet on 3^rd March, 2025 for approval.

The Committee is asked to review and comment on the attached report and accompanying appendices presenting the Budget Monitoring P10 2024-2025 that was presented to Cabinet on 3^rd March, 2025 for approval.

To note the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.

To receive an update from the Scrutiny Officer 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.

To receive an update from the Scrutiny Officer on progress made with topics on its action tracker.

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.”