Council
Contact Officer: Steven Corrigan
Tel: 07717 274704
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E-mail: steven.corrigan@southandvale.gov.uk
Date: 14 February 2024
Website: www.southoxon.gov.uk
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Summons to attend
a meeting of Council
to be held on
Thursday 22 February 2024 at 6.00 pm
at
Didcot Civic Hall, Britwell Road, Didcot, OX11 7JN
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Vivien Williams
Head of Legal and Democratic (Interim)
Note: Please remember to sign the attendance register.
Agenda
1 |
Apologies for absence
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To record apologies for absence.
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Minutes (Pages 6 - 15)
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To adopt and sign as a correct record the Council minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2023.
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Declarations of interest
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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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Urgent business and chair's announcements
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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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Public participation
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To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak.
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Petitions
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To receive any petitions from the public.
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Treasury management 2023/24 mid-year monitoring report (Pages 16 - 29)
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Cabinet, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, will consider the attached report of the head of finance on the treasury management activity for the first half of 2023/24.
Cabinet’s recommendations will be circulated to all members prior to the Council meeting.
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Treasury Management and Investment Strategy 2024/25 (Pages 30 - 66)
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Cabinet, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, will consider the attached report of the head of finance on the council’s treasury management and investment strategy for 2024/25.
Cabinet’s recommendations will be circulated to all members prior to the Council meeting.
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Capital Strategy 2024/25-2033/34 (Pages 67 - 90)
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Cabinet, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, will consider the attached report of the head of finance on the council’s capital strategy for 2024/25 to 2033/34.
Cabinet’s recommendations will be circulated to all members prior to the Council meeting.
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Revenue budget 2024/25 and capital programme 2024/25 - 2028/29 (Pages 91 - 140)
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Cabinet, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, will consider the attached report of the head of finance on the the draft revenue budget 2024/25, and the capital programme to 2028/29.
Cabinet’s recommendations will be circulated to all members prior to the Council meeting.
Also attached is the chief finance officer’s report on the robustness of the budget estimates and the adequacy of the reserves.
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Council tax 2024/25
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To consider the report of the head of finance on the setting of the council tax for the 2024/25 financial year. Following receipt of all the required information the report is being checked by officers prior to despatch.
The report once published will be a draft version subject to Oxfordshire County Council’s agreement of its budget on Tuesday 20 February 2024.
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Pay policy statement 2024/25 (Pages 141 - 147)
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To consider the report of the head of corporate services on the adoption of a pay policy statement to meet the requirements of the Localism Act - attached.
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East Hagbourne Neighbourhood Development Plan Review (Pages 148 - 164)
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To consider the recommendations of the Leader of the council on the East Hagbourne Neighbourhood Development Plan Review.
The Individual Cabinet Member Decision is attached.
Recommendation: to
1. make the East Hagbourne Neighbourhood Development Plan Review with the modifications specified in the Examiner’s report; 2. authorise the Head of Policy and Programmes, in consultation with the appropriate Cabinet Member and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, East Hagbourne Parish Council, the making of minor (non-material) modifications, the correction of any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective.
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Report of the leader of the council
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To receive the report of the Leader of the council.
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Questions on notice
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No questions were submitted on notice from members for this agenda.
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Motions on notice
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To consider motions from councillors in accordance with Council procedure rule 38.
(1) Motion to be proposed by Councillor Giles, seconded by Councillor Kantor: Council notes:
Council Believes that:
Council resolves to:
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