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Agenda and minutes
Venue: This meeting will be held virtually only. The meeting can be viewed on the follwoing link; https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my-council/cm/?v=581220614
Contact: Democratic Services on 01424 451484 email: democraticservices@hastings.gov.uk
Items No. Item Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
Apologies received from Councillors Edwards, Fernando and Turner.
Declarations of Interest
Minutes:
Councillor
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Pragnell
3.& 4.
Personal- Works at the Department for Work and Pensions
Chowney
4.
Prejudicial- Has parking permit for Grande Parade
Minutes of the Previous Overview and Scrutiny Committee PDF 342 KB
Minutes:
Councillors raised an issue in the previous meeting minutes which indicated that Universal Credit had increased. They believed that Universal Credit had only decreased. It was advised that the uplift had ended causing a decrease but the work allowance had gone up causing an increase. The previous meeting would be checked to see if the increase or decrease was referenced.
RESOLVED- Pending the above amendment that the minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2021 be approved as a true record.
Draft Budget and Corporate Plan Update consultation 2022/23 PDF 542 KB
Additional documents:
- Draft_Budget_Book_2022-23_for_Consultation_(14.01.2022)_v2_inc_K2 , item 99. PDF 3 MB
- Appendix_A_Draft_corporate_plan_update_Jan221101consultation_final , item 99. PDF 173 KB
- Draft Budget and Corporate Plan Update consultation 2022/23 , item 99. PDF 172 KB
- Enc. 1 for Draft Budget and Corporate Plan Update consultation 2022/23 , item 99. PDF 196 KB
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed and introduced the next item. The Chair advised that the item would be discussed in 2 separate parts. The meeting would first discuss the corporate plan update followed by a discussion about the draft budget. The committee would be invited to ask questions on each separately.
Corporate Plan update
The Managing Director reported on this item. They advised that the draft budget and corporate plan update are two very important council documents. They agreed how the council will operate in the forthcoming year. The corporate plan sets out the council’s priorities and work programmes for the year and the budget sets out how the activities will be paid for. This will be agreed and finalised by all Councillors at the Budget Full Council in February. Overview and Scrutiny committee are always invited to consult and look in forensic detail at the proposals and plans. The consultation also engages with a whole range of groups from the community and wider public. The consultation runs from 14th January to 9am on the 7th February 2022. Any comments received after the publication deadline for the Budget Cabinet meeting will be summarised and tabled at the Cabinet meeting.
The Continuous Improvement and Democratic Services Manager advised that in 2020 the Council agreed to a 4-year corporate plan 2020 to 2024. Each year this is updated and the Overview and Scrutiny committee monitor the current version of the corporate plan.
The majority of the corporate plan remains unchanged. The corporate plan updates include changes to the data available under the ‘Our Borough’ and ‘Your Council’ sections and the annual update is set out in appendix A of the report. The report also contains a timetable of next steps. It was advised that the meeting with Hastings Community Network has not yet happened as indicated in the covering report and would be occurring tomorrow.
The Chair thanked Officers for there introduction and their work and invited the committee to ask questions and give comments for the consultation.
Is the timeline in the report still on schedule?
The Continuous Improvement and Democratic Services Manager confirmed that it was other than the delayed meeting with Hastings Community Network.
The update includes the reporting of 80 homes adapted through Disabled Facility Grant funding in 2022/23. What are the hopes concerning this figure?
The Leader of the Council would hope to see the number of homes adapted increased. Currently the council is looking at ways to increase this to ensure funds are released more quickly to enable people to stay in their homes. The Deputy Leader added that they were in discussions with housing providers to see how they can help people quickly access the funds for this. It is hoped next year that the figure is much higher.
Under the section ‘Making best use of our land, buildings, public realm and cultural assets’ is states ‘Others TBD Museum’. Can this be elaborated on whether this has a time scale.
The Deputy Leader advised that ... view the full minutes text for item 99.
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