Agenda

Budget meeting, Scrutiny and Overview Committee - Thursday, 16 January 2025 5.30 p.m.

Venue: Council Chamber - South Cambs Hall. View directions

Contact: Ian Senior 01954 713000 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for absence To receive apologies for absence from committee members.
2.	Declarations of Interest
3.	Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 235 KB To authorise the Chairman to sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 14 November 2024 as a correct record.
4.	Public Questions If you would like to ask a question or make a statement, then please refer to the Document called Public Speaking Scheme (Physical Meetings) and contact the Scrutiny and Governance Adviser in Democratic Services by no later than 11.59pm three clear working days before the meeting. Mr. Daniel Fulton from the Fews Lane Consortium will ask the following question: "Does the chair of the committee agree that local authorities should have some sort of process in place by which allegations of serious misconduct made by members of the public against the head of paid service can be investigated and receive an adequate response?"
5.	Draft 2025-30 Corporate Plan and 2025-26 Corporate Action Plan PDF 495 KB Additional documents: Appendix A and Ai v2 , item 5. PDF 324 KB Appendix B and Bi , item 5. PDF 325 KB Appendix C , item 5. PDF 133 KB
6.	Draft Budget 2025/2026
6a	Detailed Directorate Draft Budgets 2025/2026 PDF 225 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Chief Executive , item 6a PDF 122 KB Appendix 2 - Climate, Env & Waste , item 6a PDF 162 KB Appendix 3 - Finance , item 6a PDF 87 KB Appendix 4 - Housing , item 6a PDF 90 KB Appendix 5 - Monitoring Officer , item 6a PDF 26 KB There are a further 2 documents.View the full list of documents for item 6a
6b	Conservative Group Budget Proposal for 2025-2026 PDF 118 KB
7.	Four-day week consultation PDF 279 KB Additional documents: Appendix A - SC businesses, community groups and BV Duties survey (paper version) (4) , item 7. PDF 183 KB Appendix B - Cambridge City resident survey (paper version) (4) , item 7. PDF 145 KB Appendix C - Cambridge City business survey (paper version) (4) , item 7. PDF 165 KB Appendix D - South Cambridgeshire resident survey (paper copy) (4) , item 7. PDF 214 KB Appendix E - Respondent from outside South Cambs and Cambridge City survey (paper version) (4) , item 7. PDF 116 KB
8.	Work Programme PDF 13 KB Additional documents: Cabinet Forward Plan - January 2025 , item 8. PDF 203 KB Scrutiny prioritisation tool , item 8. PDF 270 KB
9.	To Note the Date of the next meeting Thursday 6 March 2025 at 5.30pm
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