Agenda

The Democratic Services Officer will read out the emergency evacuation procedure as set out in the notes.

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to indicate:

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or an other interest, (as defined in Part 4.4 Appendix B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests)

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

Questions submitted before the deadline will receive a reply from an appropriate Cabinet member or an undertaking to respond within 5 working days of the meeting.  Councillors may ask one supplementary question for each question they submit, up to a maximum of two per Councillor.

Councillors and members of the public may register their intention to make a statement if they notify the subject matter of their statement before the deadline.  Statements are limited to 3 minutes each.  The speaker may then be asked by Cabinet members to answer factual questions arising out of their statement.

To be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

This is a standard agenda item, to cover any reports originally placed on the Weekly List for single Member decision making, which have subsequently been the subject of a Cabinet Member requisition to the full Cabinet, under the Council’s procedural rules.

This is a standing agenda item (Constitution rule 3.3.14) for matters referred by Policy Development and Scrutiny bodies.  The Chair of the relevant Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel will have the right to attend and to introduce the Panel’s recommendations to Cabinet.

To note the list of Cabinet Single Member decisions taken and published since the last Cabinet meeting (no debate).

The Cabinet is asked to approve the Transport Action Plan interactive digital map for publication in Summer 2024.

The Cabinet is asked to recommend approval of the Youth Justice Plan to full Council.

The report seeks authority to make and publish a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for the Somer Valley Enterprise Zone Scheme and subsequently to secure the confirmation and implementation of that CPO.  The report also seeks authority to negotiate the withdrawal of any objections to the CPO and the acquisition of land and rights by agreement.

The report presents the revenue and capital outturn for 2023/24, highlighting a material improvement in the position at year end with a minor adverse revenue outturn position of £0.13m after allowing for agreed transfers to/from reserves and carry forwards.  This is an improvement of £1.71m from the reported position in the Quarter 3 forecast.

The report presents the financial monitoring information for the Authority as a whole for the financial year 2024/25, using information available as at the end of June 2024.

The report gives details of performance against the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy for 2023/24.

The report outlines revisions to the Council’s Strategic Performance indicators to demonstrate better alignment to the Corporate Strategy 2023-2027 and to provide a basis for assessing performance against the delivery of that strategy.