Meeting Details

The Mayor will welcome members of the public and Councillors and will ask the Chaplain to say a prayer. The Mayor will explain the procedures to be followed at the meeting including a reminder that everyone should use microphones at all times when they are speaking.

Up to eight members of the public may make representations to Full Council meetings on any item on the agenda or any other matter relating to the business of Full Council. Each representation may be no more than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address Full Council 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 must be supplied.

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.

A... Motion that the minutes of the meeting held on 4 December 2026 be confirmed as a correct record.

The Council consider any items referred by the Scrutiny Panel under the Call-in Procedure because they are considered to be contrary to the policy framework of the Council or contrary to, or not wholly in accordance with, the budget.

The Mayor to make announcements.

B.... Motion that the recommendations contained in the reports from the Section 151 Officer entitled Final 2026/27 General Fund Budget and Medium-Term Financial Forecast (MTFF) to 2030/31 (including Capital Programme and Housing Revenue Account) and Council Tax Setting 2026/27, together with the recommendations in minute 1007 from the Cabinet meeting of 28 January 2026, be approved and adopted.

C... Motion that the recommendation contained in minute 994 of the Cabinet meeting of 10 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

D... Motion that the recommendations contained in minute 996 of the Cabinet meeting of 10 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

E... Motion that the recommendation contained in minute 999 of the Cabinet meeting of 10 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

F... Motion that the recommendation contained in draft minute 1008 of the Cabinet meeting of 28 January 2026 be approved and adopted.

G... Motion that the recommendation contained in minute 533 of the Governance and Audit Committee meeting of 16 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

H... Motion that the recommendation contained in minute 534 of the Governance and Audit Committee meeting of 16 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

Cabinet members and Committee/Panel Chairs will receive and answer pre-notified questions in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10(1) followed by any oral questions (not submitted in advance) in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10(3).

(Note: a period of up to 60 minutes is available for pre-notified questions and oral questions by Members of the Council to Cabinet Members and Chairs (or in their absence Deputy Chairs)).

At the time of the publication of the Summons, no pre-notified questions had been received.

To note the Schedule of Portfolio Decisions for the period 21 November 2025 - 13 February 2026.

The reports specified below are submitted for information and referred to in the recommendations specified in item 7 of the agenda: 

Council will consider the following recommendations containing exempt information:-

I... Motion that the recommendation contained in minute 1001 of the Cabinet meeting of 10 December 2025 be approved and adopted.

J... Motion that the recommendation contained in draft minute 1010 of the Cabinet meeting of 28 January 2026 be approved and adopted.

The reports specified below containing exempt information are submitted for information and referred to in the recommendations specified in item 13 of the agenda:

• 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 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).