Agenda and minutes

Scrutiny of the Administration's Budget Proposals - Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 5.30 p.m.

The Agenda for this meeting will be published 5 clear working days before the scheduled date of the meeting. The Minutes and Decisions for this meeting will normally be published within 9 working days following the date of the meeting.

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Items
No. Item

1.

Disclosures of interest

To receive disclosures of interests from Members (i.e. the existence and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this agenda).

Minutes:

No disclosures were received.

2.

2025/26 Draft Portfolio Budget Proposals

To examine Portfolio Budgets and consider Portfolio Holder responses to scrutiny questions including any updates from the Executive Director (S.151 Officer).

 

(see agenda for 15th January 2025 for Portfolio Budget Statements)

Minutes:

The Chairman, Cllr. Nick Brown welcomed Members and Officers to the meeting. Lines of questioning for the Portfolio Holders had been drafted and circulated to all Members following the previous meeting on 15 January 2025.

 

The Chairman invited each Portfolio Holder to provide a short introduction to

their portfolio.

 

The Chairman invited Members to ask supplementary questions of Portfolio  Holders:

 

·         Cllr. Terry Richardson – Leader’s Portfolio

·         Cllr. Maggie Wright - Finance, People & Performance Portfolio

·         Cllr. Cheryl Cashmore - Health, Leisure, Climate and Economic  Development Portfolio

·         Cllr. Nigel Grundy - Neighbourhood Services & Assets Portfolio

·         Cllr. Les Phillimore - Housing, Community Safety and Environmental  Services Portfolio

·         Cllr. Ben Taylor - Planning, Transformation and ICT Portfolio

3.

Date of next meeting

·         29 January 2025

Minutes:

·         29 January 2025 – to formulate Scrutiny’s response to the draft budget proposals.