Agenda

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To agree the procedures for the operation of hybrid meetings.

Broadcast of the meeting

The Chair to announce the following: ‘In addition to the rights by law that the public and press have to record this meeting, I would like to remind everyone that this meeting is being broadcast live by the Council to the Internet and can be viewed on our website for twelve months after the meeting. After that time, webcasts are archived and can be made available upon request.

If you have asked to address the meeting, you are deemed to be consenting to having your contributions recorded and broadcast, including video when switched on, and to the use of those sound recordings and images for webcasting and/or training purposes.’

Any other announcements

To note the terms of reference as set out below;

1.         To consider the Leader’s Annual Statement and any other relevant cross-cutting business of the Cabinet, or business deemed relevant by the advice of the Chief Executive;

2.         To consider, in particular, areas and a programme of joint working by the scrutiny committees (see Part 3 of the Constitution) with the power, for the purposes of individual projects, of agreeing to vary terms of reference between the committees (subject always to statutory provisions) to facilitate joint and cross-cutting scrutiny working; and

3.         To agree the allocation of scrutiny panels between scrutiny committees for the forthcoming year based on the Council’s agreed priorities within existing resources.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 29^th January 2020.

Report of the Leader of the Council.

To consider the Leader of the Council’s Annual Statement.

The attached statement sets out the issues facing the authority in the year ahead and the way the Council will seek to meet these challenges, and the values it intends to work by.