Agenda

The Chair to welcome members of the Committee, officers, any external witnesses, and the public to the meeting and introduce committee members, officers and witnesses who are present.

To receive any apologies.

Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable interests, or non-registerable interests (including other pecuniary interests) they may have in the business to be transacted, and officers to declare any interests they may have in any contract to be considered.

To approve, and the Chair to sign as a correct record, the Minutes of the meetings of the Budget and Resources Scrutiny Committee held on 18 December 2024, 2 January 2025, 9 January 2025 and 14 January 2025.

To receive and note the updated Recommendations / Action Tracker and information relating to outcomes agreed at previous meetings.

To receive an update on the work of the Corporate Vacancy Panel.

To consider a report on debt collection rates and levels of bad debt owing to the Council.

To receive and consider the responses from Cabinet in relation to the recommendations made in the Committee’s Report on the 2025/26 Draft Budget Proposals.

The Committee’s proposed Work Programme for 2025/26 will be circulated in advance of the meeting for information (to follow).

Please note that all scrutiny Work Programmes remain flexible and may be subject to change at short notice depending on circumstances at any one time.

If there are any other items within the Committee’s remit which members of the Committee would like to see included in the Work Programme, please bring them to the attention of the Committee’s Planning Group (Chair, Vice-Chairs & Scrutiny Officer).

To approve, and the Chair to sign as a correct record, the exempt Minutes of the meeting of the Budget and Resources Scrutiny Committee held on 9 January 2025.