Susan Dalloe

...the committee resolved to submit the 2026/27 capital programme and additional schemes to Full Council for approval, note the provisional forecast for 2027/28 to 2030/31, and acknowledge that Disabled Facilities Grant schemes are contingent on funding.

...recommended the 2026/27 service estimates, as amended by a verbal correction regarding double-counted grant funding, for approval at the budget meeting of Full Council in February 2026.

...agreed the fees and charges for the Community and Wellbeing Committee for the 2026/27 financial year.

...recommended to Full Council that the council sign the End Poverty Pledge, including agreeing the general statement and specific commitments, and authorise the Chief Executive to sign it on behalf of the council.

...they resolved to invest in the improvement of the Museum, with a funding request to be made to the Strategy and Resources Committee in March 2026, and if that funding is not approved, to do nothing and continue with business as usual.