Agenda Template

Notice of a public meeting of

Executive

To:	Councillors Douglas (Chair), Kilbane (Vice-Chair), Kent, Lomas, Pavlovic, Ravilious, Steels-Walshaw and Webb
Date:	Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Time:	4.30 pm
Venue:	West Offices - Station Rise, York YO1 6GA

A G E N D A

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Notice to Members – Post Decision Calling In:

Members are reminded that, should they wish to call in any decisions made on items* on this agenda, notice must be given to Democratic Services by 4:00 pm on Tuesday 18 March 2025.

*With the exception of matters that have been the subject of a previous call in, require Full Council approval or are urgent, which are not subject to the call-in provisions. Any called in items will be considered by the Customer and Corporate Services Scrutiny Management Committee.

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1. Apologies for Absence

To receive and note apologies for absence.

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2. Declarations of Interest

At this point in the meeting, Members and co-opted members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest, or other registerable interest, they might have in respect of business on this agenda, if they have not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

(1) Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

Type of Interest	You must
Disclosable Pecuniary Interests	Disclose the interest, not participate in the discussion or vote, and leave the meeting unless you have a dispensation.
Other Registrable Interests (Directly Related) OR Non-Registrable Interests (Directly Related)	Disclose the interest; speak on the item only if the public are also allowed to speak, but otherwise not participate in the discussion or vote, and leave the meeting unless you have a dispensation.
Other Registrable Interests (Affects) OR Non-Registrable Interests (Affects)	Disclose the interest; remain in the meeting, participate and vote unless the matter affects the financial interest or well-being: (a) to a greater extent than it affects the financial interest or well-being of a majority of inhabitants of the affected ward; and (b) a reasonable member of the public knowing all the facts would believe that it would affect your view of the wider public interest. In which case, speak on the item only if the public are also allowed to speak, but otherwise do not participate in the discussion or vote, and leave the meeting unless you have a dispensation.

(2) Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

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3. Minutes

(Pages 7 - 18)

To approve and sign the minutes of the Executive meeting held on 21 January 2025.

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4. Public Participation

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so. Members of the public may speak on agenda items or on matters within the remit of the Executive.

Please note that our registration deadlines are set as 2 working days before the meeting, in order to facilitate the management of public participation at our meetings. The deadline for registering at this meeting is 5:00pm on 7 March 2025.

To register to speak please visit www.york.gov.uk/AttendCouncilMeetings to fill in an online registration form. If you have any questions about the registration form or the meeting, please contact Democratic Services. Contact details can be found at the foot of this agenda.

Webcasting of Public Meetings

Please note that, subject to available resources, this meeting will be webcast including any registered public speakers who have given their permission. The meeting can be viewed live and on demand at www.york.gov.uk/webcasts.

During coronavirus, we made some changes to how we ran council meetings, including facilitating remote participation by public speakers. See our updates (www.york.gov.uk/COVIDDemocracy) for more information on meetings and decisions.

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5. Forward Plan

(Pages 19 - 20)

To receive details of those items that are listed on the Forward Plan for the next two Executive meetings.

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6. Fostering Framework

(Pages 21 - 56)

This report sets out proposals to introduce a new fostering fee framework, which will aim to supersede the existing one. This has been widely consulted on with both foster carers and fostering staff. The outcome of these consultations has resulted in these proposed changes.

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7. Residential Retrofit – grant funding opportunities to accelerate delivery

(Pages 57 - 82)

This report seeks decisions to deliver further retrofit works in the private and social housing sector as well as supporting future retrofit activity through advice and support.

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8. Adoption and implementation of the York Poverty Truth Commission’s Charter for Organisation Standards

(Pages 83 - 98)

This report explains the work undertaken by the York Poverty Truth Commission (PTC) and how it led to the creation of the Commission’s Charter and Organisational Standards. These aim to promote dignity and respect for those facing poverty.

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9. Review of the City of York Council Scrutiny Function

(Pages 99 - 128)

This report provides Executive with the final Centre for Governance and Scrutiny recommendations following the Scrutiny Impact Review, and a proposed action plan to address each of the recommendations, for members’ consideration.

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10. Urgent Business

Any other business which the Chair considers urgent under the Local Government Act 1972.

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Democratic Services officer:

Name: Robert Flintoft

Contact details:

· Telephone – (01904) 555704

· E-mail – Robert.flintoft@york.gov.uk

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For more information about any of the following please contact the Democratic Services Officer responsible for servicing this meeting:

· Registering to speak

· Business of the meeting

· Any special arrangements

· Copies of reports and

· For receiving reports in other formats

Contact details are set out above.

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