The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee, held on 23 September 2024.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests of Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days' notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

To provide the Committee with an update on its approved Work Programme for 2024/25 (including progress with enquiries set out in its Work Programme); feedback to the Committee on the decisions in respect of previous recommendations from the Committee in respect of enquiries undertaken; and a list of forthcoming decisions for which notice has been given since publication of the agenda for the Committee’s last meeting.

In respect of forthcoming decisions and pursuant to the provisions of Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 13, the Committee will review any such new and/or amended published forthcoming decisions relevant to its terms of reference and decide whether it wishes to enquire into any such decision before it is taken.

Matters may only be raised on those forthcoming decisions at Committee meetings where the Member has notified the Committee Services Manager in writing (or by personal email) of the question they wish to ask, no later than Midday, two working days before the day of the meeting.

This report is submitted to the Committee to enable it to consider the outcome of its decision from its meeting on 23 September 2024 (Minute 57 refers) which had been considered by Cabinet on 15 November 2024 (Minute 75 refers). 

The Committee had recommended, in the light of the unauthorised expenditure found in relation to the Spendells temporary accommodation project that Portfolio Holders review performance and project management of all their existing projects. 

This review, the Committee had requested, should be completed in time for the findings to be reported to this meeting together with any additional actions determined by the Leader. 

The Leader of the Council is to attend this meeting to discuss the outcome of the Portfolio Holder reviews of their projects.

To update the Committee on the current position with regard to the waste and recycling and street cleaning service procurement.

To present the External Auditor’s Combined Annual Report for the years ended 31 March 2021, 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023 and to enable the Committee to consider the value for money commentary provided by the Council’s External Auditor.