Part A
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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.
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Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
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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
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meetings held on 16 May 2024 and 4 June 2024 are a correct record.
Confidential Scrutiny Panel Minutes 16 May 2024
- This report is not for publication by virtue of paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (financial / business affairs of a particular person, including the authority holding information).
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Have Your Say!
The Chairman will invite members of the public to indicate if they wish to speak or present a petition on any item included on the agenda or any other matter relating to the terms of reference of the meeting. Please indicate your wish to speak at this point if your name has not been noted by Council staff.
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Decisions Taken Under Special Urgency Provisions
To consider any Cabinet decisions taken under the special urgency provisions.
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Cabinet or Portfolio Holder Decisions called in for Review
The Councillors will consider any Cabinet or Portfolio Holder decisions called in for review.
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Items requested by members of the Panel and other Members
(a) To evaluate requests by members of the Panel for an item relevant to the Panel’s functions to be considered.
(b) To evaluate requests by other members of the Council for an item relevant to the Panel’s functions to be considered.
Members of the panel may use agenda item 'a' (all other members will use agenda item 'b') as the appropriate route for referring a ‘local government matter’ in the context of the Councillor Call for Action to the panel. Please refer to the panel’s terms of reference for further procedural arrangements.
This report provides details of performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Strategic Plan Delivery Plan (SPDP) at Year End point 2023 - 2024.
This report invites the Panel to review and comment upon the draft Financial Planning Framework 2025/26 to 2029/30.
This report updates Scrutiny Panel on the Council’s approach and policy towards the use of the community assets which it owns following the discussions at their meetings in August 2023 and February 2024. It also provides information for the Panel about more recent work to programme and coordinate activity in public spaces.
This briefing sets out the current position at Middle Mill following the collapse of the weir in December 2023.
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Item 14. Middle Mill Weir Update
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Item 14 Confidential Background Document. Middle Mill Weir June 2024
- This report is not for publication by virtue of paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (financial / business affairs of a particular person, including the authority holding information).
This report invites the panel to consider both the current Work Programme for 2024-2025 for the Scrutiny Panel and any changes or additions to that programme.
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Exclusion of the Public (Scrutiny)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and in accordance with The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended) 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).