Liz Mockeridge

...to approve a supplementary budget of £18,365 and allocate £1,018,365 of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding to 24 local infrastructure projects for the 2026/27 financial year, while also authorizing amendments to the project list within 10% of the total budget and approving the opening of the local infrastructure bid windows for the 2027/28 financial year.

...to ensure service continuity, maintain the "behind the gate" food waste collection policy in areas with free-roaming livestock, and improve bring site management, the Council approved additional funding, including a supplementary budget for 2025/26, an increase to the Medium-Term Financial Plan from 2026/27, and an addition to the Capital Programme for 2026/27 for new vehicles.

...to note the revised Medium Term Financial Plan forecasts for the Housing Revenue Account and endorse the approach to setting the Revenue Maintenance and Capital Programme Budgets for 2026/27.

...to note the half yearly update on the Council's Complaints Handling and Performance for the period 1 April 2025 to 30 September 2025, as it meets increased scrutiny requirements set out in complaint handling codes.

...to address the forecast Medium Term Financial Plan deficit and potentially utilize the budget equalisation reserve, the Council noted revised forecasts, endorsed further development of options to close the budget gap through 2029/30, and endorsed the approach to setting Asset Maintenance and Capital Programme Budgets for 2026/27, including an enhanced Public Convenience renovation program.