Agenda

 

Contact Officer: Candida Basilio, Democratic Services Officer

 

Tel: 07895 213820

 

E-mail: candida.basilio@southandvale.gov.uk

 

Date: 29 January 2024

 

Website: www.southoxon.gov.uk

 

 

 

A MEETING OF THE

 

Scrutiny Committee

 

WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 6.00 pm

Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE.

 

To watch this virtual meeting, follow this link to the council’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTj2pCic8vzucpzIaSWE3UQ

 

Members of the Committee:

Ken Arlett (Chair)

Mocky Khan (Vice-Chair)

David Turner

Jo Robb

 

Tony Worgan

Leigh Rawlins

James Barlow

 

Kate Gregory

 

 

Alternative formats of this publication are available on request.  These include large print, Braille, audio, email and easy read. For this or any other special requirements (such as access facilities) please contact the officer named on this agenda.  Please give as much notice as possible before the meeting.

 

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Vivien Williams

Head of Legal and Democratic (Interim)

 

1.      Apologies for absence

 

To record apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members. 

 

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Urgent business and chair's announcements 

 

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chair. 

 

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Declaration of interests 

 

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests, other registrable interests and non-registrable interests or any conflicts of interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting. 

 

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Minutes  (Pages 4 - 8)

 

To adopt and sign as a correct record the committee minutes of the meeting held on 6 December 2023.

 

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Work schedule and dates for all South and Joint scrutiny meetings  (Pages 9 - 10)

 

To review the attached scrutiny work schedule. Please note, although the dates are confirmed, the items under consideration are subject to being withdrawn, added to or rearranged without further notice.

 

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Public participation 

 

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

 

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REPORTS AND ISSUES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

 

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Budget setting 2024/25 

 

For Scrutiny Committee to consider the report of the Head of Finance on Budget Setting 2024/25, and make any recommendations to Cabinet (report to follow).

 

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Corporate Plan 2024-2028 - to agree an approach to the new corporate plan  (Pages 11 - 29)

 

The Scrutiny Committee is asked to review the approach outlined to develop the Corporate Plan 2024 to 2028 and provide feedback or recommendations to Cabinet.

 

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Future direction of Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot  (Pages 30 - 225)

 

Scrutiny Committee will be reviewing and providing feedback on the draft Cabinet report considering the Future Direction of Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot.

 

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Exclusion of the public 

 

To consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Part 1 of Schedule 12A Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

 

(i)            it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1-7 Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

(ii)          the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

 

 

In this agenda item, Scrutiny Committee can consider confidential appendices from the report: Future direction of Cornerstone, Didcot, if they require this.

 

 

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