Potential topics for all-member briefing sessions or public meetings
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Item
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Origin |
Lead Officer and Exec Member |
Notes |
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Major projects – York Central update |
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Garry Taylor / Cllr Lomas |
Public meeting – July 2026 tbc |
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City LEAP |
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Shaun Gibbons / Cllr Kent |
Had been scheduled May 2026 |
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Community Woodland update from Forestry England |
Cllr Kent |
Shaun Gibbons Cllr Kent |
Briefing, 16/04/26 |
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Digital Switchover |
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Roy Grant |
Briefing, 26/02/26 |
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Customer Services developments: · Digital information provision · AI · User journey (website) |
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Pauline Stuchfield, Eilidh Carricker |
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F&P Quarterly Reports |
Regular Report |
Debbie Mitchell, Ian Cunningham Cllr Lomas |
Information to be shared with members via e-mail |
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Local Nature Recovery Strategy |
Moved from November’s meeting |
Shaun Gibbons / Guy Hanson / Alison Cooke Cllr Kent |
Briefing. Consultation over the summer, due for approval 04/11/25 |
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Community Infrastructure Levy |
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Alison Cooke |
Better understand the approach to implementation of the CIL in parished and unparished areas, and in particular, what advantages parished areas might have. |
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S106 |
Govt announcement |
Alison Cooke |
Government plans |
Scrutiny Member Briefing Sessions
· Thursday 21 October 2025 (Library Needs Assessment)
· Thursday 4 December 2025 (Healthy Weight/Capital Project Management)
· Thursday 26 February 2026 (Digital Switchover)
· Thursday 16 April 2026 (School Attendance and Attainment Gap/Community Woodland Update)
Agreed Task and Finish Groups (TFGs)
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Topic and timescale |
Aims and objectives |
Membership |
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Boundary Commission Review on Council Size
Report and recommendations agreed by Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 1 October 2025 and agreed by Council on 16 October 2025. |
· Gather views and seek cross-party agreement for a recommendation on council size. |
Cllr Coles Cllr Hollyer Cllr Merrett Cllr Steward Cllr Wann |
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Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy Scrutiny
Report and recommendations agreed by Corporate Scrutiny Committee on 19 January 2026 and endorsed by Executive on 3 March 2026.
TFG re-established for 2026/27 budget process. |
· Review the council’s MTFS · Review the process through which the council will engage with residents, businesses and other stakeholders as it develops and engages on its 2026/27 budget proposals · Review the process through which the MTFS informs the approach to budget-setting · Consider whether and how the budget proposals align with the Council Plan and the ten-year strategies · Review responses to the public consultation on budget proposals and consider any recommendations to Executive · Consider any improvements to the budget-setting process which could be adopted for future years |
Cllr Ayre Cllr Hook Cllr Baxter Cllr Moroney |
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Joint Task and Finish Group with People Scrutiny Committee to look at financial challenges within Adult Social Care |
· Remit and timescale TBC pending initial scoping meeting. · CSC is parent committee. |
Cllr Ayre Cllr Burton Cllr Moroney Cllr Nicholls Cllr Runciman |
Possible Task and Finish Groups
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Topic |
Aims and objectives |
Membership |
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TBC |
TBC |
TBC |