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 13January 2025.

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.

The report provides the Committee with the review document arising from the review of the Spendells House Capital Scheme. That review document is set out at Appendix A to this report.  This report also reminds the Committee that the Council’s Audit Committee also has a role in reviewing the subject of Appendix A and provides details of guidance in respect of the roles of Audit and Overview & Scrutiny in relation to such matters.

This report implements the commitment given at the 17 December 2024 meeting of the Committee by the Leader (Minute 64 refers) to “pull together a comprehensive list of all of TDC’s current projects” and to submit these at a meeting of the Committee.

The report provides 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 respects 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. 

The report also provides an opportunity for updates on the work of the Committee’s Task and Finish Groups.