Agenda and decisions

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

1. That Cabinet approval be given for the guidance to be published and used to assist in calculating Carbon offset costs on development sites.

1. To delegate authority to the Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Reform, to take all decisions necessary to facilitate the closing of the final accounts.

2. To note the General Fund financial forecast variance at Month 9 and mitigating actions to reduce the overspend forecast variance position (Table 1 and Appendix 1).

3. To note progress on delivering the 2024/25 agreed budget savings (Appendix 3).

4. To note the HRA forecast (paragraph section 9 to 11 and Appendix 2).

5. To note and approve the budget movements (Appendix 4).