Agenda

To issue a welcome to those present, and to confirm if there are any apologies for absence.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

The minutes of the meeting of the Overview Select Committee held on  24 September 2025 and the special meeting of the Overview Select Committee held on 10 November 2025 have been circulated, and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Chair is invited to make any announcements as they see fit. 

To note progress on actions agreed at the previous meeting and not reported elsewhere on the agenda (if any).

The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any questions, representations and statements of case submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures.

The Monitoring Officer to report on any petitions received.

The Monitoring Officer submits a report that updates Members on the monitoring of outstanding petitions. The Committee is asked to note the current outstanding petitions and agree to remove those petitions marked ‘Petitions Process Complete’ from the report.

The City Mayor will answer questions raised by members of the Overview Select Committee on issues not covered elsewhere on the agenda.

Report of the Director of Housing.

The Director of Finance submits a report reviewing how the Council conducted its borrowing and investments during the first six months of 2025/26.

The Director of Finance submits a report detailing progress made in collecting debts raised by the Council during the first six months of 2025-26, together with debts outstanding and brought forward from the previous year. It also sets out details of debts written off under delegated authority that have not been possible to collect at reasonable effort and expense.

The Director of Finance submits a report to present the position of the capital programme for 2025/26 as at the end of September 2025.

The Director of Finance submits a report updating the forecasts presented to the committee in September 2025.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private where in the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the matter exempt from publication outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

The Committee is recommended to consider the following reports in private on the grounds that they contain ‘exempt’ information as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended, and consequently that the Sub-Committee makes the following resolution:- “that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involve the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Paragraph 3

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Council).

Paragraph 5

Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

The current work programme for the Committee is attached.  The Committee is asked to consider this and make comments and/or amendments as it considers necessary.