Agenda

To receive the apologies of any Member who is unable to attend the meeting.

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 21 October 2025 as a true and correct record of the proceedings and to be signed by the Chair.

To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.

To receive questions relating to items of business on the agenda from members of the public or press who are present at the meeting.

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any part of the agenda.

1)    To receive an update on the Council’s Bereavement Services cemetery chapels, digital autopsy contract, boundary and capital works and management of the contract between the Council and Dignity Funerals Limited (Dignity); and

2)    To provide a performance update on the contractual agreement between Dignity and the Council for 2024-25.

To consider and endorse the outline schedule of scrutiny work for the 2025-2026 municipal year.

To consider any item which the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.