Agenda

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.

This paper provides an update on artificial intelligence (AI) adoption at H&F and on AI use cases in other Local Authorities, and shares H&F’s draft governance framework for AI.

This report briefly sets out the progress made to date on the Council’s commitment to co-production with residents within Finance and Corporate Services.

This report summarises the outcomes of the Greening the Grey workshop held on 5 September 2024.  The workshop brought together Councillors, local residents, representatives of local community groups, national partners and Council officers to explore ideas on how ‘grey’ public spaces and green corridors could be improved in H&F to become greener, safer and more accessible for everyone.

This report outlines the work programmes for each of the Council’s six Policy and Accountability Committees in November 2024 and the draft work programmes for January / February 2025.

For the Board to discuss future items for inclusion in the work programme.

To note the following dates of future meetings:

·       5 February 2025

·       6 May 2025