Agenda and decisions

To note any urgent items of business which the Chairman has consented to being considered under the provisions of Section 100(B) 4(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

Members should declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and Non Statutory Interest as defined by the Members’ Code of Conduct in respect of:

a)  any business on the agenda

b)  any urgent additional items to be considered

c)  any matters arising out of those items

and if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting at the relevant time.

To consider the minutes of the last meeting held on 2^nd March 2026

RESOLVED that recommendations CSSC23-24 1.10 and CSSC23-24 1.10 as detailed in paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3. of the report and also below, be withdrawn.

CSSC22-23 1.4 – “That the necessary works are completed in the Chamber to upgrade the power supply. This will future proof the space enabling all those in attendance to access power and accommodate the move to use of electronic devices for committee papers. This would also likely be required should alternative speaker/chamber systems were purchased.”

CSSC23-24 1.10 – “That the Council considers the development of an ‘app’ as a long-term investment, modelled on systems used by the top performing waste authorities through benchmarking and comparing business processes and performance metrics.”

RESOLVED that the quarterly outturns against the Council Plan 2024-2028 targets, be noted.

RESOLVED that the statutory consultation response submitted on 18^th March 2026 by the Chief Executive, be noted.

RESOLVED that the contract for 2 years to Mobysoft for the RentSense software, be approved.

RESOLVED that a two-year extension to the Business Support Programme from 2026/27 be approved, and £200,000 be committed from the transformation reserve for continuation of current business support activities.

RESOLVED that 1) £153,900 + £15,000 (10% project contingency) of funding from the Transformation Reserve be allocated for the survey, design, technical documentation, technical supervision, and Principal Designer services for the high and medium priority recommended works to the culverts and associated infrastructure at Pleasley Vale,

2) the appointment of A2 Maritime to undertake the works as set out in the report, be approved,

3) £10,000 of funding from the Transformation Reserve be allocated for P&D Environmental to accompany A2 Maritime, as a requirement when undertaking inspections within the culverts under the confined spaces regulations,

4) a further report be brought back to Executive detailing the scope of services for the repairs and works to be carried out.

To move:-

“That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the stated Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and it is not in the public interest for that to be revealed.” [The category of exempt information is stated after each item].

RESOLVED that the recommendations in the report be approved.