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Agenda
Part A
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Welcome and Announcements
The Chair will welcome members of the public and Councillors to the meeting and will explain a number of housekeeping matters. The Chair will invite all Councillors and officers participating in the meeting to introduce themselves.
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Urgent Items
The Chair will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
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Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting
Cabinet will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2024 are a correct record.
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Have Your Say! (Hybrid Cabinet Meetings)
Up to eight members of the public may make representations to Cabinet meetings on any item on the agenda or any other matter relating to the business of Cabinet. Each representation may be no more than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address Cabinet must register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting. In addition, a written copy of the representation should be supplied.
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Decisions Reviewed by the Scrutiny Panel
Cabinet will consider the outcome of a review of a decision by the Scrutiny Panel under the call-in procedure. At the time of the publication of this agenda, there were none.
Cabinet will consider a report setting out the budget proposals for 2025-26.
Cabinet will consider the recommendation made by the Governance and Audit Committee at its meeting on 26 November 2024.
Cabinet will consider a report inviting it to recommend a revised Business Rates Discretionary Rate Relief policy to Full Council for approval and adoption from 1 April 2025, to take account of changes in legislation.
Cabinet will consider a report inviting it to recommend to full Council the approval and adoption of the Officer Pay Statement for 2025/26.
Cabinet will consider a report seeking approval to enter a Regeneration Partnership with Essex County Council to deepen collaborative working and with the intention to bring forward city centre sites for development.
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Economic Growth and Transformation
Cabinet will consider a report providing details of performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) at half year point 2024-2025. The report also includes Strategic Plan Delivery Plan performance at half year point, and benchmarking data. Cabinet will also consider a recommendation from the Scrutiny Panel.
Cabinet will consider a report inviting it to delegate authority to the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth and Transformation for the award of contract for the supply and management of digital devices.
Cabinet will consider the recommendations made by the Scrutiny Panel when scrutinising the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth and Transformation at its meeting on 10 December 2024.
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Planning, Environment and Sustainability
Cabinet will consider a recommendation made by the Environment and Sustainability Panel at its meeting on 12 December 2024 about a public debate on the inclusion of Middlewick within the Local Plan.
Cabinet will consider a report setting out progress on responses to members of the public who have spoken at Council meetings under the Have Your Says provisions.
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Exclusion of the Public (Cabinet)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and in accordance with The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).
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