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Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board - Thursday, 25th June, 2026 4.30 pm

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Minutes:

WORCESTERSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCILS

MEETING OF THE Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board

THURSDAY 25thJune 2026, at 4.44 p.m.

PRESENT:

Councillors M. Dormer (Chairman), R. Deller (Vice- Chairman), M. Goodge, I. Hardiman, K. Holmes, T. Onslow, J. Owenson and K. Taylor.

Officers: Mr. S. Wilkes, Mr. J. Walton, Mrs. M. Patel, Ms. K. Lahel, Mr M. Cox, Mr. D. Mellors, Mr. G. Day and Mr. J. Swann.

Partner Officers: Mr. J. Leach (Virtual – Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils), Mr. I. Miller (Virtual - Wyre Forest District Council), Mr. I. Edwards (Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils) and Ms. S. Green (Worcester City Council).

The meeting commenced upon achieving a quoracy of Board Members.

1/26	Election of Chairman As this meeting of the Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board was the first held during the municipal year of 2026/ 27, Members present were required to elect a Chairman.

RESOLVED that Councillor M. Dormer (Redditch Borough Council) be elected Chairman of the Board for the municipal year of 2026/ 27.

2/26	Election of Vice- Chairman As this meeting of the Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board was the first held during the municipal year of 2026/ 27, Members present were required to elect a Vice- Chairman.

RESOLVED that Councillor R. Deller (Wychavon District Council) be elected Vice- Chairman of the Board for the municipal year of 2026/ 27.

3/26	Apologies for absence and notification of substitutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors H. Jones (Bromsgrove District Council), C. Palmer (Malvern Hills District Council), N. Pioli (Redditch Borough Council) and R. Udall (Worcester City Council).

4/26	Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

5/26

Minutes

The minutes of the meeting of the Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board held on 19^th February 2026, were submitted for Members consideration.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Worcestershire Regulatory Services Board meeting held on 19^th February 2026, be approved as a correct record.

6/26	Worcestershire Regulatory Services Revenue Monitoring April - March 2026 and Annual Return

The Board received an overview of the Revenue Monitoring report for the April 2025- March 2026 period and Annual Return.

The Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer, Bromsgrove District Council (BDC) and Redditch Borough Council (RBC), presented the report and highlighted that the report presented the final financial position which showed a final outturn surplus of £67,487. This figure, which represented 1.6% of the annual budget, was as a result of:

Lower salary costs than budget forecasts originally accounted for due to departmental vacancies and delayed recruitment exercises.
Income had been higher than predicted income by £517,000.

Members were informed as detailed in the report (page 21 of the main agenda pack), that it was being requested that the final surplus amount of £67,487 be added to the Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) reserves; in order to assist with any upcoming cost pressures. ... view the full minutes text for item 1.