Agenda

Corporate Services and Economic Growth OSC - Monday, 3rd February, 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall. View directions

Contact: Luke Dixon 

Items
No. Item

1.

MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

To note that at the meeting of Full Council on Wednesday 15th January 2025, Councillor Caroline Ball was appointed as Vice-Chair of the Corporate Services and Economic Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee to replace Councillor Liz Dunn.

2.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 97 KB

Minutes of the meetings of the Corporate Services and Economic Growth OSC held on 25 November 2024, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

4.

DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required where a matter arises at a meeting;

 

  1. Which directly relates to Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter. 

 

  1. Which directly relates to the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain the room.

 

  1. Which directly relates to their financial interest or well-being (and is not DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

 

  1. Which affects the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting.

 

  1. Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.

 

NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

 

5.

FORWARD PLAN OF CABINET DECISIONS pdf icon PDF 228 KB

To note the decisions of Cabinet since the previous meeting of the OSC and the latest Forward Plan of key decisions.? Any further changes made to the Forward Plan will be reported to the Committee.

6.

BUDGET 2025-26 AND MEDIUM-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN 2025-29 UPDATE pdf icon PDF 246 KB

This report provides an update on the development of the 2025-26 Budget and the MTFP covering the period 2025 to 2029 following the publication of the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement on 18 December 2024.

Additional documents:

7.

BUDGET 2025-26 , MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN 2025-29 AND 30 YEAR BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT. pdf icon PDF 414 KB

The report seeks Cabinet approval for the updated Budget 2025-26, Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2025-29 and 30-year Business plan for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA).?

Additional documents:

8.

BEST NEXT PHASE OF WAYS OF WORKING DEVELOPMENTS pdf icon PDF 176 KB

This report presents an update to Cabinet on the evolving BEST Strategic Business Case and proposals for the next phase of ways of working which builds upon the previous business case approved in January 2023, incorporating valuable lessons learned and outlining a clear roadmap for accelerated delivery over the next three years. It also sets out the anticipated benefits and costs associated with this next phase.

9.

DEBT RECOVERY UPDATE pdf icon PDF 308 KB

The purpose of this report is to provide the Corporate Services and Economic Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee with information relating to the level of outstanding debt owed to the Council as at 30 September 2024, the mid-year point of the financial year, so that the Committee may satisfy itself as to the efficiency and effectiveness of its collection and recovery policies and systems.

10.

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME AND MONITORING REPORT 2024-2025 pdf icon PDF 130 KB

The committee is asked to review and note the Corporate Services and Economic Growth Overview and Scrutiny Committee work programme and monitoring report for the 2024-2025 council year.

11.

URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.