Agenda

Extraordinary Council Meeting, Council - Wednesday 19th November 2025 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Jo Gresham 

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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 meeting of the Council held on 8th October 2025 pdf icon PDF 314 KB

4.

Urgent Decisions pdf icon PDF 115 KB

There has been one Urgent Decision taken since the last Council meeting in respect of the Appointment of an Acting Section 151 Officer.

 

A copy of the Urgent Decision has been included in this agenda pack.

 

5.

Local Government Reorganisation: Transforming Worcestershire Local government that works for people, powered by place and built for the future - The North and South Local Government Reorganisation Proposal for Worcestershire pdf icon PDF 472 KB

Additional documents:

6.

Recommendations from the Cabinet pdf icon PDF 188 KB

To consider the outstanding recommendations from the meetings of the Cabinet held on 10th September 2025.

 

The outstanding recommendations from the Cabinet meeting held on 10th September 2025 were due to the deferment of the following reports at the Council meeting held on 8th October 2025:

 

·       Quarter 1 2025/26 Finance and Performance Monitoring Report

·       Expansion of Commercial Waste Collection Service

 

In addition, any recommendations arising in respect of the Business Rates Retention (BRR) Pool 2026-2027 report, which is due to be considered at the Cabinet meeting on 19th November 2025, will be published in a supplementary pack for this Extraordinary meeting of the Council and tabled at the meeting. 

 

Any further recommendations arising from the Cabinet meeting due to take place on 19th November 2025 will be considered at the next Ordinary meeting of the Council on 3rd December 2025.

 

 

7.

Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet

7a

Quarter 1 2025/26 Finance and Performance Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Additional documents:

7b

Expansion of Commercial Waste Collection Service pdf icon PDF 479 KB

7c

Business Rates Retention (BRR) Pool 2026-2027 pdf icon PDF 140 KB

8.

Motion on Notice pdf icon PDF 268 KB

As highlighted by the Chairman at the Council meeting held on 8th October 2025 the attached Motion is being considered at this Extraordinary Council meeting due to exceptional circumstances.

 

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

 

9.

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

10.

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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Expansion of Commercial Waste Collection Service