Agenda and minutes

The minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2025 were taken as read, confirmed and signed.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 35.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5).

There were no urgent items for consideration.

The Chairman invited members who wished to do so to declare any interest in respect of items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations were made.

The Committee considered a report of the Chief Executive, the purpose of which was to ask members to consider whether they wished to make changes to the terms of reference of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny bodies set out in Table A of Part 2 of the Council’s Constitution, following a previous proposal being voted against by the full Council at its meeting on 2^nd July.  A copy of the report, marked Agenda Item 6, is filed with these minutes.

Members commented that to address the concerns raised at the Council meeting on 2^nd July the proposed amendment set out in paragraph 5(b) of the report, to rename the Environment and Climate Change Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) to the ‘Environment, Flooding and Climate Change OSC’ would be most appropriate, noting that reference to both flooding and climate change would also be included within its terms of reference.

RESOLVED:

(a)  That the Environment and Climate Change Overview and Scrutiny Committee be renamed the ‘Environment, Flooding and Climate Change Overview and Scrutiny Committee’ and that the terms of reference for this Committee include the following:

“1. The executive functions of the County Council in respect of the Council’s Environment Agenda, including Climate Change, and Flooding Risk.”

(b)  That the County Council be recommended to approve the change set out in (a) above and those changes set out in Appendix A to the report and any consequential amendments being made to the Constitution arising from those changes.