Agenda

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meetings of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 20 November.

To follow.

To consider the following Part I Decisions of the Cabinet taken on 11 December 2024

3.         Minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny and Select Committees

4.         Corporate Performance – Quarter 2 2024/25

5.         Council Tax Base 2025/26

6.         Housing Revenue Account (HRA) – Draft Budget and Rent Setting 2025/26

7.         Housing Inspection Outcome

8.         Repairs and Maintenance Policy – Approval

9.         Homelessness and Rough Sleeper Strategy

Notice of Decisions to follow

To receive a presentation from the Business Improvement Manager regarding the Stevenage Borough Council Website.

To consider any urgent Part I Decisions authorised by the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

To consider any Part I business accepted by the Chair as urgent

To consider the following motions:

1.       That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.       That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 20 November.

To consider the following Part II Decisions of the Cabinet taken on 11 December 2024

12.       Housing Benefit Overpayments and Sundry Debt Write Off Greater than £10,000

Notice of Decisions to follow

To receive a Part II presentation from the Business Improvement Manager on the Stevenage Borough Council Website.

To consider any urgent Part II Decisions authorised by the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent