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Agenda
Contact: Candida Basilio, Democratic Services Telephone number: 07895 213820 Email: candida.basilio@southandvale.gov.uk Date: 26 January 2024 Website: www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk
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A meeting of the
Scrutiny Committee
will be held on Monday, 5 February 2024 at 6.30 pm
Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 3JE
This meeting will be streamed live, and can be watched by following this link:
https://www.youtube.com/@SouthandValeCommitteeMeetings/streams
Members of the Committee:
Katherine Foxhall (Chair)
Judy Roberts (Vice Chair)
Ron Batstone
Hayleigh Gascoigne
James Cox
Oliver Forder
Debby Hallett
Robert Maddison
Sally Povolotsky
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.
Vivien Williams,
Head of Legal and Democratic (Interim)
Agenda
Open to the Public including the Press
1. Apologies for absence
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To record apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members.
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2. 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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3. Declaration of interests
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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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4. Minutes of the last meeting
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(Pages 4 - 24)
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To adopt and sign as a correct record the Scrutiny Committee minutes of the meetings held on 2 November 2023 and 5 December 2023.
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5. 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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6. Work schedule and dates for all Vale and Joint scrutiny meetings
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(Pages 25 - 27)
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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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REPORTS AND ISSUES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
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7. Budget setting report 2024/25
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For Scrutiny Committee to consider the report of the Head of Finance on Budget Setting 2024/25, and make any recommendations to Cabinet (papers to follow).
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8. Corporate Plan 2024-2028 - to agree an approach to the new corporate plan
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For Scrutiny Committee to consider and provide comments on the report of the Head of Policy and Programmes, on the Corporate Plan 2024 - 2028 approach. (Report to follow)
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9. Future direction of The Beacon, Wantage
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(Pages 28 - 234)
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Scrutiny Committee will be reviewing and providing feedback on the draft Cabinet report considering the Future Direction of The Beacon, Wantage. (Cabinet report and appendices are attached).
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10. Exclusion of the public
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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 The Beacon, Wantage, if they require this.
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