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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.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting as an accurate record and note any outstanding actions. An action sheet following the minutes provides updates on actions from previous meetings.

This paper provides an update on the Council’s governance and adoption of Artificial Intelligence solutions. Building on a strong foundation of digital innovation, the Council is in the early stages of exploring how service ambitions might be translated into practical outcomes. Current work continues to focus on experimentation and learning to inform future improvements in efficiency, service delivery and insight.

This report sets out the progress made to date on the Council’s commitment to co-production with residents, particularly Disabled residents. This report also includes an analysis of the four reports submitted to the Policy and Accountability Committees, the learning so far and how co-production can be further embedded and widened to include more residents.

This report provides an update on the work programmes of the Council’s six Policy and Accountability Committees.

For the Board to discuss the work programme.

To note the following dates of future meetings:

• 4 February 2026
• 29 April 2026