Agenda

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and / or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests, and any Party Whip.

The minutes of the meeting of Overview and Scrutiny Committee from 25^th November 2024 will be considered at this meeting.

To invite members of the public who have registered in advance of the meeting to speak to the Committee. Please note that the deadline for registering to speak is 12 noon on the day of the meeting.

The report will follow in a supplementary pack for this meeting after it has been published for the meeting of Executive Committee (due for publication on Monday 6 January).

The report will follow in a supplementary pack for this meeting after it has been published for the meeting of Executive Committee (due for publication on Monday 6 January).

The report will follow in a supplementary pack for this meeting after it has been published for the meeting of Executive Committee (due for publication on Monday 6 January).

Should it be necessary, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, during the course of the meeting to consider excluding the public from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, it may be necessary to move the following resolution:

“That, under S.100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following matter(s) on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs (to be specified) of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) of the said Act”.

These paragraphs are as follows:

Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to:

Paragraph 1 – any individual;

Paragraph 2 – the identity of any individual;

Paragraph 3 – financial or business affairs;

Paragraph 4 – labour relations matters;

Paragraph 5 – legal professional privilege;

Paragraph 6 – a notice, order or direction;

Paragraph 7 – the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime;

and may need to be considered as ‘exempt’.

The report will follow in a supplementary pack for this meeting after it has been published for the meeting of Executive Committee (due for publication on Monday 6 January).

Please note that this report will contain exempt information and may need to be considered by the Committee in private (exempt) session.

a)          Budget Scrutiny Working Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

Please note that, at its meeting on 9 January 2025, the Budget Scrutiny Working Group is due to consider a report that contains exempt information – HRA Rent Setting 2025/26. Therefore, the discussion of this item, including of any recommendations arising from that meeting of Budget Scrutiny Working Group, may need to be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in an exempt session.

b)          Performance Scrutiny Working Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

c)           Fly Tipping and Bulky Waste Task Group – Chair, Councillor Dormer

d)          Post-16 Education Task Group – Chair, Councillor Warhurst

a)          West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Council representative, Councillor Kane;

b)          West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Transport Delivery Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Council representative, Councillor Munro; and

c)           Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) – Council representative, Councillor Munro.