Agenda
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Council is 9 members.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Additional documents: |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 27 November 2024. Additional documents: |
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Announcements from the Chair, Leader and Chief Executive To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Council, the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive. Additional documents: |
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Unsung Heroes Award For the Chair of Council to award the Unsung Heroes Awards. Additional documents: |
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Public Questions To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of fifteen minutes in total. Questions from each member of the public should be no longer than one minute each and relate to issues under the Council’s remit. At any one meeting no person may submit more than two questions and no more than two such questions may be asked on behalf of one organisation.
The Chair will ask whether any members of the public present at the meeting wish to ask a question and will decide on the order of questioners.
The response may take the form of: a) a direct oral answer; b) where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or c) where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner. Additional documents: |
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A Member of the Council may ask the Chair, the Leader, a Cabinet Member or the Chair of any Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affects the Cotswold District. A maximum period of fifteen minutes shall be allowed at any such meeting for Member questions.
A Member may only ask a question if: a) the question has been delivered in writing or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive no later than 5.00 p.m. on the working day before the day of the meeting; or b) the question relates to an urgent matter, they have the consent of the Chair to whom the question is to be put and the content of the question is given to the Chief Executive by 9.30 a.m. on the day of the meeting.
An answer may take the form of: a) a direct oral answer; b) where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or c) where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner.
The following questions were submitted prior to the publication of the agenda:
Question 1 from Councillor Judd to Councillor Layton, Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning.
On Friday 20 December, I emailed [email protected] asking for support to find out if one of my parishes can use their CIL payments to enhance the school Wi-Fi so that the Parish could use the Wi-Fi for CCTV which they will be installing to disrupt ASB in their village. At the time of writing, neither I, nor the Parish Clerk have received a reply. Please could members be updated on the current CIL process to include what is the procedure to get the ball rolling to help parishes receive CIL money for their projects, what criteria is applied and who makes the decision on whether the needs of the Parish meet the criteria?
Question 2 from Councillor Blomefield to Councillor Layton, Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning.
Many councils including Harlow District Council have introduced civil penalties for rogue landlords who fail to keep their properties to the Decent Home Standard with potential fines of up to £30,000 for non-compliance. Whilst I very much hope that there are very few tenants suffering from sub-standard housing across the Cotswolds, where it does happen it can be a very serious issue for the tenants’ health and wellbeing, and access to help to remedy their problems is essential. Does CDC have a process whereby social and private tenants can report poor conditions in their housing, and, if so, what actions are taken to ensure the responsible landlord brings the property up to standard or is otherwise penalized?
Question 3 from Councillor Fowles to Councillor Evemy, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation
When the decision was taken in March 2022 to refurbish and then let a sizeable part of Trinity Road as ... view the full agenda text for item 7. Additional documents: |
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Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit Collaboration Agreement Purpose To seek approval to the Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit Partnership Collaboration Agreement between Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Borough and Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Stroud and West Oxfordshire District Councils.
Recommendation That Council resolves to: 1. Approve the Council entering into the Counter Fraud and Enforcement Unit Partnership Collaboration Agreement. Additional documents: |
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Report of the Constitution Working Group Purpose To consider proposals from the Constitution Working Group to modernise the Constitution: i) to update Part D8 of the Constitution relating to the Chief Executive’s Urgency Powers, and, ii) introduce a Local Ward Member Protocol.
Recommendations That Council resolves to:
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Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group Membership Purpose To confirm membership of the Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group; and to approve an updated Working Group Terms of Reference.
Recommendations That Council resolves to: 1. Approve the membership of the Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group; and 2. Approve an updated Moreton-in-Marsh Working Group Terms of Reference. Additional documents: |
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Community Governance Review - Upper Rissington Purpose To approve and adopt the Terms of Reference for a Community Governance Review, with draft proposals
Recommendation That Council resolves to: 1. Approve and adopt the Terms of Reference for consultation. Additional documents: |
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Programme of Meetings for 2025/26 Purpose To set a programme of Council and Committee meetings for 2025/26.
Recommendations That Council resolves to:
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Notice of Motions No Motions have been received for consideration at this Council meeting. Additional documents: |
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Next meeting The next meeting of Council will be held on Monday 24 February 2025 if Council agrees the recommendation at agenda item 12 to move the next meeting forward from Wednesday 26 February 2025. Additional documents: |