Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
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.
4
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.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Committee will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 30 July 2024, including those contained in Part B of this agenda, are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Council meetings)
Members of the public may make representations to the
meeting. This can be made either in
person at the meeting or by joining the meeting remotely and addressing the Committee
via Zoom. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the
Committee 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 date. In addition, a written
copy of the representation will need to be supplied.
The Committee will consider, in its role as the shareholder committee for Colchester Borough Homes, a report which demonstrates the Council's regulatory compliance across a variety of areas, and which is monitored by the Regulator of Social Housing.
The Committee will receive a Verbal update from the Council’s S151 Officer with regard to the Council’s statement of accounts.
The Committee will consider a report
setting out the 2023/24 General Fund and Housing Revenue Account positions for
both revenue and capital, as of 31 March 2024, and representing the Quarter 4
(Provisional Outturn) for the 2023/24 financial year.
The Committee will consider a report setting out the 2024/25 General Fund
and Housing Revenue Account positions, for both revenue and capital, as of 30 June 2024 (“Quarter 1”).
The Committee will consider a report setting out the Council’s actual Treasury
Management activity for the first three months (Quarter 1) of 2024/25 (i.e.,
April to June 2024).
The Committee will consider a report which asks that it take a number of actions in support of the Council's compliance with the
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's published revised
guidance for the operation of local authority audit committees.
The Committee will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current municipal year.
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Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential 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).