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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations from Members of the Committee on any items to be considered at the meeting.

3.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 76 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held 6 November 2024.

4.

Chair's announcements

To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

5.

Participation of the Public

To receive any submissions from members of the public, in accordance with the Council’s Rules of Procedure, anyone who lives in the district or who pays council tax or business rates to the Council is eligible to read a statement or express an opinion at this meeting.  You can register to speak by sending your written submission of no more than 750 words to [email protected] by no later than 10.00am on the working day before the meeting.

6.

Ubico Business Plan 2025-26 (presentation)

Purpose:

To provide a Presentation on Business Plan engagement.

 

Recommendations:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 11 December 2024.

 

Invited:

Councillor Lidia Arciszewska – Executive Member for Environment

Bill Oddy – Assistant Director, Commercial Development

Beth Boughton – Managing Director, Ubico

 

 

 

7.

Waste Fleet Purchase Delegation pdf icon PDF 105 KB

Purpose:

To consider the proposal outlined in the report to procure new waste fleet vehicles and the associated infrastructure for any electric vehicles.

 

Recommendations:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the decision by the Executive on 9 October 2024 to: Delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Commercial Development, in consultation with the Executive Members for Environment and Finance, and the Director of Finance, to purchase or lease up to 2 x full size HGV’s and up to 4 food waste vehicles and necessary charging infrastructure up to an estimated cost of £2.8M, (including a procurement contingency and estimated cost of borrowing).

2.    Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 11 December 2024.

 

Invited:

Councillor Lidia Arciszewska – Executive Member for Environment

Bill Oddy – Assistant Director, Commercial Development

Simon Anthony – Business Manager, Environmental Services

 

 

 

 

Additional documents:

8.

Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Purpose:

To consider the Council’s Local Plan Annual Monitoring Report for the period 2024-2024.

 

Recommendations:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 11 December 2024.

 

Invited:

Councillor Hugo Ashton – Executive Member for Planning

Andrew Thomson – Lead Planning Policy and Implementation Officer

 

 

 

Additional documents:

9.

Service Performance Report 2024-25 Quarter Two pdf icon PDF 91 KB

Purpose:

To provide details of the Council’s operational performance at the end of 2024-25 Quarter Two (Q2).

 

Recommendations:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 11 December 2024.

 

Invited

Councillor Andy Graham – Leader of the Council

Alison Borrett – Senior Performance Analyst

Additional documents:

10.

Report back on recommendations pdf icon PDF 173 KB

For the Committee to note the Executive’s response to any recommendations arising from the previous Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting.

11.

Committee Work Programme pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Purpose:

To provide the Committee with an updated Work Programme for 2024/25.

 

Recommendation:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the work programme and agree any amendments.

 

12.

Executive Work Programme pdf icon PDF 157 KB

Purpose:

To give the Committee the opportunity to comment on the Executive Work Programme.

 

Recommendation:

That the Committee resolves to:

1.    Agree which items on the Executive Work Programme should be subject to pre-decision scrutiny and the priority order of those items.