Agenda and minutes

To confirm the minutes from the previous meeting

The minutes of the meeting on 13 September 2023 and 8 November 2023 were agreed by Members present and signed by the Chair.

To receive any apologies for absence

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor McArevey, Barradell and Cox

To receive any declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a personal interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered -

(i)            must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent

and, if the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, or a personal interest which is also prejudicial

(ii)           may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter (and must withdraw to the public seating area) unless they have been granted a dispensation.

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests, or is not the subject of a pending notification, must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal and prejudicial interests are defined in Part 2 of the Code of Conduct For Members

[If a member is in any doubt as to whether they have an interest which should be declared they should seek the advice of the Monitoring Officer before the start of the meeting]

There were no declarations of interest.

An opportunity for members of the public to make statements or ask questions in accordance with the rules as to public participation

There was no public participation.

None.

Please note that only appendices relevant to the Housing and Community Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be published with this agenda.

The 2024/2025 Budget report was introduced by N Howcut.

The purpose of the report was to provide Members with an overview of the draft budget strategy and proposals in order to provide Members the opportunity to scrutinise them and provide feedback to Cabinet.

Please refer to the video minutes for full discussion.

The report was agreed and noted by the Committee.

S Walton presented the Housing Strategy report 2014-2029 to Members seeking their approval.

Please refer to the video minutes for full discussion.

The report was agreed and noted by Members.

D Southam presented this policy to provide details of the proposed direct grant awar approach for the voluntary and community sector. It is recommended that Members note the report and identify any comments.

Please refer to the video minutes for full discussion.

The report was agreed and noted by Members.

To consider passing a resolution in the following terms:

That, under s.100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 Schedule 12A Part 1 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 the public be excluded during the item in Part II of the Agenda for this meeting, because it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information relating to: Item 10.

To consider passing a resolution in the following terms:

That, under s.100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 Schedule 12A Part 1 as

amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 the

public be excluded during the item in Part II of the Agenda for this meeting, because it

is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the

public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt

information relating to: Item 10.

Full details can be found in the part 2 minutes.

Previous actions, N Beresford is working with Members Support and Diane will feed back about when her item will come to OCS.

Agreed and Noted.