Agenda

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

To consider the minutes of the previous meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board held on Wednesday 5 June 2024 and to approve them 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.

To consider the report which outlines the recommendations of the sub-group arising from the discussion with representatives of petitioners, following the submission of a petition “Rotherham’s Commitment to a Permanent Ceasefire and To Promote Peace in Palestine and in the Region” (henceforth referred to as “the Petition”) to the Council meeting held on 28 February 2024.

In accordance with the outcome of the Governance Review in 2016, the following items are submitted for pre-scrutiny ahead of the Cabinet meeting on Monday 29 July 2024. Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board are invited to comment and make recommendations on the proposals contained within the report.

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the overall position in relation to the Year Ahead Delivery Plan activities.

2.    Note the Quarter 4 and year-end 2023-24 data for the Council Plan performance measures.

3.    Agree the revised Council Plan performance measure targets and new Year Ahead Delivery Plan for 2024-25 for the final year of the current Council Plan.

4.    Note that future progress reports will be presented to Cabinet in January and July 2025. 

Report from the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet:

1.    Note the revenue outturn position.

2.    Note the budgeted transfer to HRA reserves increased by £4.7m following the revenue and capital outturn positions.

3.    Note the carry forward of the combined schools balance of £2.2m in accordance with the Department for Education regulations.

4.    Note the reserves position set out in paragraphs 2.52 to 2.57.

5.    Note the capital outturn, funding position and programme variations as set out in paragraphs 2.58 to 2.97.

6.    Approve the capital budget variations as detailed in section 2.80 of the report.

Report from the Interim Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet approve:

1.    The delivery of the Dinnington Principal Areas of Growth project within the scope and budget as detailed in Appendix 2.

2.    Confirmation of the provisional allocation of £1m of the Towns & Villages Fund to works at Dinnington.

To review and identify items for pre-decision scrutiny from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions covering the period from 1 July 2024 - 30 September 2024

To consider any issues referred for call-in from recent Cabinet meetings.

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