Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 15 January 2025.

To note the following Minutes of meetings of the Overview and Scrutiny and Select Committees –

Community Select Committee – 28 November 2024 and 8 January 2025

Environment and Economy Select Committee – 12 December 2024 and 14 January 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 17 December 2024 and 21 January 2025

To consider the final version of the draft Community Safety Strategy 2025-28, which outlines the emerging priorities of the SoSafe partnership for the next three years.

Report to follow.

To approve revisions to the 2024/25 General Fund (GF) and Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Capital Programme and Strategy and approve the Capital Programme for 2025/26.

To recommend to Council the approval of the Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26, including its Annual Investment Strategy, Prudential Indicators and Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) policy.

To consider a report providing Members with an overview of changes to three Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) and to adopt the three amended SPDs: Parking Provision, Developer Contributions and Design Guidance SPDs.

To consider the draft Housing Service Vulnerability Policy 2025-2027 in line with good practice and the expectations from the Regulator of Social Housing and the Housing Ombudsman Service to ensure that the Council is compliant with legislation and has a clear focus on addressing vulnerability within housing services.

To consider any Part 1 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 paragraphs1 – 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 seek approval to award contracts in respect of the procurement of support contractors for the Council’s Repairs and Voids service.

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