Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee - Thursday 13 February 2025 10.30 am

Venue: Kennet Room - County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN. View directions

Contact: Ben Fielding - Senior Democratic Services Officer  01225 718656, Email: benjamin.fielding@wiltshire.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive details of any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2025.

Supporting documents:

3.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

4.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

5.

Public Participation

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

 

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

 

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution.

 

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Thursday 6 February in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response, questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on Monday 10 February. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

 

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

6.

Procedure of Meeting

Amendments will be taken in the order they are submitted and one at a time unless agreed otherwise. Although some of the amendments may be interdependent in that they relate to combined savings and/or growth, Overview and Scrutiny will want the opportunity to comment of each although with the ability to acknowledge their dependency if appropriate.

 

The running order of speakers on each will be:

 

Respective group leader/spokesman/individual to present the circulated amendment explaining the purpose, implications, intended outcome and link to the Business Plan;

 

·       The Leader of the Council and/or responsible Cabinet Member(s) to be given the opportunity to respond;

 

·       Corporate Leadership Team to comment (if appropriate);

 

·       Management Committee Members to ask questions of the proposer(s) and respondent(s) in order to gain evidence;

 

·       Clarification from statutory officers and other relevant directors (if necessary);

 

·       Contribution from any other Members (if invited);

 

·       Chairman to sum up and seek a consensus view of the Committee as appropriate.

 

Any consensus views of the Committee (and not of individual members) will form part of the minutes of the meeting for report to Council on 25 February 2025.

 

7.

Wiltshire Council's Budget 2025/26: Amendments

To consider amendments from any political group or individual Members on the initial draft of the executive proposed budget.

 

Please note a report from the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee meeting which took place on 28 January 2025 has been included as an appendix to the minutes.

 

Any amendments that may be received will be circulated as soon as they are available.

 

Supporting documents:

8.

Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget Setting 2025/26 including Dwelling Rent Setting 2025/26 and 30-Year Business Plan Review

To review the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Budget Setting 2025/26 including Dwelling Rent Setting 2025/26 and 30-Year Business Plan Review. This report was considered by Cabinet on 4 February 2025.

Supporting documents:

9.

Performance and Risk Report 2024/25 - Quarter 3

To review the Quarterly report to Cabinet on the scorecard and the strategic risk summary. This report was considered by Cabinet on 4 February 2025.

Supporting documents:

10.

Date of Next Meeting

To confirm the date of the next meeting as 13 March 2025.

11.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business which the Chairman agrees to consider as a matter of urgency.