Attendee: Nicholas Pontone

...to authorise the write-off of £170,147.61 in uncollectable individual commercial rent debts exceeding £15,000, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.

...the direct award of contract for the Destination Farnham Road construction works to VolkerFitzpatrick was approved, enabling the delivery of the works up to a value of £9,000,000.

...to secure the Council's future energy supply, the Cabinet approved signing a Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agreement, directly awarding electricity and gas contracts to EDF Energy Limited and TotalEnergies Gas & Power Limited respectively for the period of April 2026 to March 2027, and delegating authority for future contract awards beyond 2027.

...Cabinet noted the Q1 2025/26 budget management report, highlighting a projected £20.729m overspend with £7m in potential mitigations, approved additional capital program schemes of £0.782m, reprofiled £12.753m in capital budgets, and authorized a £1.373m drawdown from the budget smoothing reserve for the Finance Improvement Programme.