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Agenda

Venue: Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Woodgreen, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 1NB. View directions

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Temporary Appointments

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

The quorum for the Committee is 6 Members.

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 227 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 4 December 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.

Registered Provider Discussion: Sovereign Housing Association

Purpose

To receive a presentation from Sovereign Housing Association.

 

Recommendation

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to:

1.      Note the presentation.

2.      Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 15 January 2025.

7.

Affordable Housing Delivery Update pdf icon PDF 585 KB

Purpose

This report provides an update on delivery against the corporate priority of delivering more affordable homes across the district, particularly social rented homes. This report sets out key information on the delivery of affordable housing to date and the future plans to intervene in the market in order to boost the supply of social rented accommodation.

 

Recommendation

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to:

1.      Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 15 January 2025.

 

Additional documents:

8.

Waste and Environmental Services Review pdf icon PDF 177 KB

Purpose

To provide an update on the review of the waste and environmental services contract with Ubico and to outline the proposed Oxfordshire Waste and Environmental Services (WESP) Transformation Programme.

 

Recommendation:

That the Overview and Scrutiny Committee resolves to:

1.      Agree any recommendations it wishes to submit to the Executive on 15 January 2025.

 

9.

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.

10.

Committee Work Programme pdf icon PDF 71 KB

Purpose:

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

 

Recommendation:

That the Committee notes and comments on the work programme.

11.

Executive Work Programme pdf icon PDF 154 KB

Purpose:

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

 

Recommendation:

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

12.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

If the Overview and Scrutiny Committee wishes to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the Committee to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of the Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Local Authorities ((Executive Arrangements) Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

13.

Waste and Environmental Services Review - Exempt Annex A