Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2026.

To note the following minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny and Select Committees:

·         Community Select Committee – 7 July 2026 and 23 July 2026;

·         Environment and Economy – 14 July 2026; and

·         Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 21 July 2026.

To update Members on the General Fund Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) and on the Fair Funding Agreement 2027/28-2028/29.

To update Members on the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).

To update Members on the projected General Fund (GF), Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Capital 2026/27 net expenditure and seek approval to amend the General Fund, HRA and Capital budgets as part of the quarterly revenue monitoring review.

To note the annual Treasury Management Report for 2025/26 and to approve the actual 2025/26 prudential and treasury indicators in the report.

To receive a report highlighting the Council’s performance across key priorities and projects for Quarter One 2026/27, following the approval of the new 2026/27 Corporate Performance Suite.

To consider and review the Housing Complaints and Service Improvement Report 2024/25, and the annual self-assessment against the Housing Ombudsman’s Complaint Handing Code.

To consider the Council’s initial response to the announcement of the relocation of GSK, including engagement with GSK, Government, Hertfordshire partners, businesses and other stakeholders.

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 approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2026.

To update Members on the Council’s subsidiary companies and those the Council has an interest in.

To consider a report writing off Council Tax debt deemed irrecoverable which is properly due to the Council and is more than £10,000.

To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting held on XX XX XX.