Councillor County John Potter

...to note the minor and/or corrective changes to the County Council's Constitution that had been approved by the Director of Law and Governance since the Annual General Meeting in 2025.

...to approve the recommendations made by the Cabinet on 9 October 2025, which included approving the county council's Improvement Plan for 2025-27, an updated Direct Payments Policy, property strategy principles, governance arrangements to oversee Care Quality Commission improvement, the commencement of a review of in-house Provider Services within Adult Social Care, the Education Capital Strategy, interim expansion options for Preston secondary schools, the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy 2025-28, Traffic Regulation Orders for Chorley and West Lancashire, and to seek Full Council approval of the Community Safety Agreement 2025-2028.

...to note the report of the Employment Committee, thereby approving its recommendations regarding the recruitment of a Director of Finance, coroner salaries and fees, and the employment of the Executive Director of Adult Services.

...to approve the recommendations related to the Notices of Motion concerning support for Northern Powerhouse Rail, objections to the proposed onshore cabling route for the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Windfarm, a Civic Pride Action Plan, and assurance that local elections will not be cancelled.

...to note the report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, encompassing the Children, Families and Skills Committee meeting of 22 October 2025 and the Environment, Economic Growth and Transport Committee meeting of 23 October 2025, and to approve the recommendations made within those committees.