Agenda

Council - Wednesday 17th July 2024 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill

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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 meeting of the Council held on 15th May 2024 PDF 555 KB
4.	To receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service View the background to item 4.
5.	To receive any announcements from the Leader
6.	To receive comments, questions or petitions from members of the public PDF 175 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
8.	Political Balance PDF 119 KB The covering report for this item is contained wthin this agenda pack. The appendix to the report will follow in a supplementary papers pack.
9.	Establishment of a Joint Appointments Committee including Terms of Reference PDF 136 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Appointments Committee terms of reference , item 9. PDF 419 KB Appendix 2 Pay Structure Amendment Report , item 9. PDF 296 KB Appendix 3 Pay Policy , item 9. PDF 596 KB
10.	Overview and Scrutiny Board - Annual Report 2023 - 2024 PDF 1 MB
11.	Audit, Standards and Governance Committee Annual Report 2023 - 2024 PDF 855 KB
12.	Recommendations from the Cabinet PDF 5 KB View the background to item 12. To consider the recommendations from the meeting(s) of the Cabinet held on 17^th July 2024. As this Cabinet meeting will be taking place earlier in the day on the day of the Council meeting any recommendations arising will be tabled at the Council meeting.
13.	Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet
13a	Bromsgrove District Council Plan PDF 132 KB Additional documents: BDC_CouncilPlanJune24_WEB Final , item 13a PDF 3 MB
13b	Productivity Plans PDF 266 KB
14.	Questions on Notice (To Follow) PDF 175 KB View the background to item 14. Questions on Notice will follow in a supplementary papers pack to this agenda. 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. Each elected Member due to ask a question, may ask up to one supplementary question which must be based on the orginal question or the answer provided to that question.
15.	Motions on Notice PDF 369 KB View the background to item 15. Motions on Notice will follow in a supplementary papers pack to this agenda. 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.
16.	To consider any urgent business, details of which have been notified to the Head of Legal, Democratic and Property 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