Agenda

Council - Wednesday 21st January 2026 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill 

Media

Items
No. Item

Welcome

1.

To receive apologies for absence

2.

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.

3.

To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Extraordinary meeting of the Council held on 19th November 2025 pdf icon PDF 340 KB

4.

To receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service

5.

To receive any announcements from the Leader

6.

To receive comments, questions or petitions from members of the public (to follow) pdf icon PDF 179 KB

A period of up to 15 minutes is allowed for members of the public to make a comment, ask questions or present petitions.  Each member of the public has up to 3 minutes to do this.  A councillor may also present a petition on behalf of a member of the public.

 

7.

Urgent Decisions pdf icon PDF 121 KB

8.

Changes to Committee Membership

To receive a verbal update from relevant Group Leaders on changes to the following:

 

·       Substitutes on Overview and Scrutiny Board.

·       Any other Committees (as relevant).

 

 

9.

Independent Remuneration Panel 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 216 KB

Additional documents:

10.

Wythall Neighbourhood Plan pdf icon PDF 335 KB

Additional documents:

11.

To receive and consider a report from the Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item; no longer than 10 minutes for presentation of the report and then up to 3 minutes for each question to be put and answered.

 

Please note that following changes to Cabinet remits in late 2025, this Portfolio Holder Annual Report covers Health and Wellbeing only.

12.

Recommendations from the Cabinet pdf icon PDF 199 KB

To consider the recommendations from the meeting of the Cabinet held on 7th January 2026.

13.

Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet

13a

Particulate Monitoring pdf icon PDF 344 KB

Additional documents:

13b

Pay Policy Statement 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 119 KB

Additional documents:

13c

Business Rates - Discretionary Rates Relief Policy 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 146 KB

Additional documents:

13d

Council Tax - Empty Homes Discounts and Premiums 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 268 KB

13e

Council Tax Support Scheme 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 234 KB

13f

Medium Term Financial Plan 2026-27 to 2028-29 Fees and Charges and Consultation Outcomes including Worcestershire Regulatory Services Budget Recommendations pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Additional documents:

14.

To note the minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 7th January 2026 pdf icon PDF 312 KB

15.

Questions on Notice (to follow) pdf icon PDF 345 KB

To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received.

 

A period of up to 15 minutes is allocated for the asking and answering of questions.  This may be extended at the discretion of the Chairman with the agreement of the majority of those present.

 

16.

Motions on Notice (to follow) pdf icon PDF 269 KB

A period of up to one hour is allocated to consider the motions on notice.  This may only be extended with the agreement of the Council.

 

17.

To consider any urgent business, details of which have been notified to the Assistant Director of Legal, Democratic and Procurement Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, considers to be of so urgent a nature that it cannot wait until the next meeting

18.

To consider, and if considered appropriate, to pass the following resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of item(s) of business containing exempt information:-

"RESOLVED: that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part, in each case, being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:-

 

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Medium Term Financial Plan 2026-27 to 2028-29 Fees and Charges and Consultation Outcomes including Worcestershire Regulatory Services Budget Recommendations