Meeting Details

Lord Mayor to advise that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's Public-I microsite (please click this link) and that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

Members are reminded they must declare all relevant pecuniary and other registerable interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting.

If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.

If other registerable interests are declared a Member may speak on the matter only if members of the public are allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter and must not remain in the room unless they have been granted a dispensation.    

If it is a ‘sensitive interest’, Members do not have to disclose the nature of the interest, just that they have an interest.

Information on the Local Government Association's Model Councillor Code of Conduct is set out via http://bit.ly/3WtGQnN. This includes, at Appendix 1, an interests flowchart which provides a simple guide to declaring interests at meetings.

(10 minutes allocated) (1100-1110)

To receive the Lord Mayor's announcements and such communications as the Lord Mayor may wish to place before the Council.

To confirm and authorise the signing of the Minutes of the extraordinary meeting held on 28 January 2025 and the Minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2025. 

(10 minutes allocated) (1110-1120)

To receive and deal with petitions in accordance with Council Rules of Procedure (B4.4 E of the Constitution)

As agreed by Council Business Management Committee a schedule of outstanding petitions is available electronically with the published papers for the meeting and can be viewed or downloaded.

(5 minutes allocated) (1120-1125)

To make appointments to, or removal from, committees, outside bodies or other offices which fall to be determined by the Council.

(10 minutes allocated) (1125-1135)

Report of the Director of People Services.

Report from Cabinet.

(The remaining time until the close of the meeting at 1630 is allocated)

(1135-1630 inclusive of breaks)

(A 30 minute break will be taken during the debate at approximately 1300 hours. A further 15 minute break will be taken during the debate at approximately 1600 hours).

Council Business Management Committee has passed the following resolution:-

"That Standing Orders be waived so that, at the beginning of the debate on the Budget report, the remaining time of the City Council meeting to 1630 hours is allocated for the whole debate, permit the Leader of the City Council to make a speech of up to 20 minutes, permit the Conservative Group Leader to make a speech of up to 20 minutes, permit the Liberal Democrat Group Leader to make a speech of up to 20 minutes, permit the Green Group Leader to make a speech of up to 10 minutes, permit Councillor Sir Albert Bore to be allocated 10 minutes to speak to the Budget Scrutiny Task and Finish Group recommendations report. permit all other speakers in the debate to speak for up to 5 minutes and permit the Leader of the City Council to reply to the debate up to a maximum of 20 minutes.”

The Leader of the Council, Councillor John Cotton to move the recommendations set out in the document pack at page 59.

Members must, in reaching their decision on the Budget recommendations, have due regard to the contents of the 2025/26 Budget Setting report when making decisions about the budget.