Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Management Board - Tuesday 14 January 2025 10.00 a.m.

Venue: Council Chamber - Rotherham Town Hall, Moorgate Street, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S60 2TH

Contact: Barbel Gale, Governance Manager, Tel: 01709 807665 email:  governance@rotherham.gov.uk  The webcast can be viewed at http://www.rotherham.public-i.tv

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

 

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

 

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

 

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

 

 

3.

Questions from Members of the Public and the Press

 

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

 

 

4.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

 

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

 

 

5.

Call-in - Waste Collections Policy (Listed as Item 10, on the 16 December 2024, Cabinet agenda) pdf icon PDF 237 KB

 

To consider the call-in request which will discuss the Waste Collections Policy decision.

 

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

 

Recommendations:

 

1.      That Cabinet approve the draft revised Kerbside Residential Waste Collection Policy for a public consultation.

 

2.      That Cabinet agree to the commencement of two pilots to test the approach to contamination, with the specific areas to be determined.

 

 

Additional documents:

6.

Home to School Transport pdf icon PDF 541 KB

 

To consider the presentation detailing an overview of the Home to School Service.

 

 

7.

Council Plan and Year Ahead Delivery Plan Progress Update pdf icon PDF 235 KB

 

Report from 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 2 data for the Council Plan performance measures.
 

3.    Note that a progress report covering the remainder of the year will be presented to Cabinet in July 2025. 

 

 

Additional documents:

8.

November 2024-25 Financial Monitoring Report pdf icon PDF 440 KB

 

Report from the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services.

 

Recommendations:

 

That Cabinet:

 

1.    Note the current General Fund Revenue Budget forecast overspend of £4.6m.

2.    Note that actions will continue to be taken to reduce the overspend position but that it is possible that the Council will need to draw on its reserves to balance the 2024/25 financial position.

3.    Note the updated position of the Capital Programme, including proposed capital programme variations to expenditure profiles and funding.

 

 

Additional documents:

9.

Medium-Term Financial Strategy Update pdf icon PDF 2 MB

 

To consider the Medium-Term Financial Strategy update.

 

 

10.

Question and Answer session with the Leader of the Council

11.

Urgent Business

 

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