Agenda

This meeting will start at 7pm or as soon as the meeting of the Executive Committee immediately prior to this has finished, Council - Monday, 2nd March, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Oakenshaw Community Centre. View directions

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Welcome
2.	Apologies for Absence
3.	Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.
4.	Minutes PDF 405 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Mayoral Engagements from 1 November 2025 to 24 January 2026, 26/01/2026 Council , item 4. PDF 215 KB
5.	Announcements To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10: a) Mayor’s Announcements b) The Leader’s Announcements c) Chief Executive’s Announcements.
6.	Executive Committee View the background to item 6.
	Executive Committee Minutes - From the meeting due to be held on 23rd February 2026 As this meeting of the Executive Committee will be taking place after the agenda for the Council meeting has been published, the minutes will follow in a supplementary pack for Council.
6.1	Pet Cremation PDF 553 KB
6.2	Repairs and Maintenance and Damp and Mould Policies PDF 151 KB View the background to item 6.2 Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Repairs and Maintenance Policy , item 6.2 PDF 313 KB Appendix 2 - Damp and Mould Policy , item 6.2 PDF 395 KB
6.3	Medium Term Financial Plan 2026/2027 to 2028/29 including Treasury Management Strategy, Capital Strategy and Investment Strategy) View the background to item 6.3 This report will follow in a supplementary pack. Please note that under the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the Council is required to take a named vote when a decision is made on the budget calculation at a budget decision meeting of the Council.
	6.3.1 Alternative Budget (If Any) Note that under the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the Council is required to take a named vote when a decision is made on the budget calculation, including in respect of any alternative budgets that are proposed, at a budget decision meeting of the Council.
	Recommendations from the Executive Committee meeting due to take place on 2nd March 2026
6.4	Council Tax Resolution 2026/27 View the background to item 6.4 The Council Tax Resolutions will follow in a supplementary pack for this Council meeting. Please note that as Worcestershire County Council may not agree their Council Tax precept at their Council meeting scheduled to take place on 26^th February 2026, there is the possibility that part or all of this report will need to be considered at an extra meeting of Council on 6^th March 2026. Under Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, any Councillor who is 2 or more months in arrears with their Council tax payments cannot participate in any item at the Council meeting concerning the budget. Please note that under the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the Council is required to take a named vote when a decision is made on Council tax at a budget decision meeting of the Council.
7.	Overview and Scrutiny Committee Annual Report 2025-2026 PDF 963 KB View the background to item 7.
8.	Urgent Business - Record of Decisions PDF 266 KB There has been one urgent decision taken since the previous Council meeting in respect of the appointment of a contractor to install kitchens in Council House properties, following receipt of notice that the Council’s previous supplier had gone into administration.
9.	Urgent Business - general (if any) To consider any additional items exceptionally agreed by the Mayor as Urgent Business in accordance with the powers vested in him by virtue of Section 100(B)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972. (This power should be exercised only in cases where there are genuinely special circumstances which require consideration of an item which has not previously been published on the Order of Business for the meeting.)