Agenda and draft minutes

To receive declarations of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or other registrable or non-registrable interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made by Councillors regarding items on the agenda.

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 6 May 2025, Annual Meeting of the Council held on 13 May 2025 (attached) and Extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 26 June 2025 (to follow).

The Minutes of the Meeting of the Council held on 6 May 2025, Annual Meeting of the Council held on 13 May 2025 and Extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 26 June 2025 were agreed as a true record and the Mayor was authorised to sign them.

To receive such communications or deal with such business as the Mayor may decide to lay before the Council.

The Mayor welcomed the Council’s new Director of Corporate Services and Section 151 Officer to the meeting.

To receive statements from Chairs of the Council’s Policy Committees, briefing Members on current events and issues.

The Council received written statements from the Chair of the Strategy and Resources Committee, and Chair of the Community and Wellbeing Committee.

4 questions were asked relating to the statements and responded to by the relevant Committee Chair.

This report seeks to increase the recommended minimum reserve balance of the general fund working balance reserve to £1,500,000.

Council received a report seeking to increase the recommended minimum reserve balance of the general fund working balance reserve to £1,500,000.

Councillor Neil Dallen MOVED the recommendation in the report.

Upon being put the recommendation was CARRIED unanimously.

Accordingly, it was resolved to:

(1)           Approve an amendment to the recommended minimum level of general fund working balance reserve as set out in section 2.8 of the report.

This report sets out notices of motions ruled in order.

The Council received one Motion submitted under FCR 14 of Appendix 4 of the Constitution.

Motion 1 was PROPOSED by Councillor Alex Coley and SECONDED by Councillor James Lawrence.

The Council resolved by a majority vote (with 5 votes for dealing with the motion at the meeting, 18 votes to refer the motion to the relevant committee and the Mayor not voting) to refer the Motion to the Strategy & Resources Committee for consideration.

In accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, by reason of special circumstances, the Mayor is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

This report presents the Annual Report of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee 2024-2025 in accordance with the requirement of Paragraph 7.2 of Annex 4.6 of the Council’s Operating Framework.

The Mayor informed the Council that in accordance with section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, by reason of special circumstances, he had agreed to receive item 7 of the agenda (Annual Report of the Audit & Scrutiny Committee 2024-2025) as an urgent matter to correct an administrative error of its omission and avoid a delay to its consideration to the next meeting of the Council.

Council received a report presenting the Annual Report of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee 2024-2025 in accordance with the requirement of Paragraph 7.2 of Annex 4.6 of the Council’s Operating Framework.

Councillor Steven McCormick MOVED the recommendation in the report.

Upon being put the recommendation was CARRIED unanimously.

Accordingly, it was resolved to:

(1)           Receive the Annual Report of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee 2024-2025 (Appendix 1 to the report).