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 and Officers, relating to items to be considered at the meeting. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 25 September 2024. Additional documents: |
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Unsung Heroes Awards For the Chair of Council to award the Unsung Heroes Awards. |
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Announcements from the Chair, Leader or Chief Executive (if any) To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Council, the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive. |
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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. |
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Member Questions 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:
In a recent press release CDC claimed that its economic growth strategy had created 500 new jobs in the district. Please could you quantify this claim and confirm where these jobs have been created?
How many properties are estimated to be second homes in the Cotswold District and what work is being carried out to identify these properties?
Many measures recently announced in the Government’s budget were devasting for Cotswold Businesses and Residents. What impact will the various measures, including for example, increases in employer NI, have on the CDC budget?
As discussed at the last two Council Meetings, the revised waste collection service in Ermin Ward, implemented on 24 June has improved but continues to be erratic. Please could Ubico be invited to address this Council on this topic?
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Membership of Committees and Cabinet update Purpose To inform Council regarding changes to the membership of the Cabinet and to agree a new appointment to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Recommendations That Full Council resolves to: 1. Note the update from the Leader of the Council regarding the change to the membership and responsibilities of Cabinet Members. 2. Agree to appoint from the Liberal Democrat Group Councillor Lisa Spivey to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to replace Councillor Tristan Wilkinson. |
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Council Tax Support Scheme for 2025/2026 Purpose To consider and approve the revised Council Tax Support Scheme for the financial year 2025/2026.
Recommendations That Full Council resolves to: 1. Approve the increase to income bands as detailed within paragraphs 3.2, 3.3 and Annex A of this report from 1 April 2025. 2. Agree that any surplus in the Hardship Fund is transferred over to 2025/2026 for reasons detailed in paragraphs 3.6 and 3.7 of this report Additional documents: |
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Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Principles (Policy) Review 2024 Purpose The report details the revisions to the Council’s Statement of Principles (Gambling Act 2005), based on legislative requirements, statutory guidance and any amendments following public consultation.
Recommendations That Full Council approve: 1. The Statement of Principles; and, 2. That the Council continues to adopt a “no-casino resolution” for inclusions in the published Gambling Act 2005 Licensing Policy Statement.
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Request for a dispensation pursuant to Section 85(1) Local Government Act 1972 Purpose To determine whether a dispensation for Councillor Tony Dale may be granted under the provision of Section 85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.
Recommendation That Full Council resolves to: 1. Approve a dispensation for Councillor Tony Dale in accordance with Section 85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, on the grounds of ill-health. |
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Notice of Motions No motions have been received for consideration by Full Council. |
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Next meeting The next meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday 22 January 2025. |
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Matters exempt from publication If Council wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for Council to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Council may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
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Exempt Member Question response from previous minutes |