Agenda
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Meeting |
Executive |
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Councillors Carl Les (Chairman), Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Richard Foster, Michael Harrison, Simon Myers, Heather Phillips, Janet Sanderson, Malcolm Taylor and Annabel Wilkinson. |
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Date: |
Tuesday 18 November 2025 |
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Time: |
11.00 am |
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Venue: |
The Grand, County Hall, Northallerton |
This meeting is being live broadcast and recorded and will be available to view via our website and uploaded to our Youtube channel.
Business
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 4 November 2025
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(Pages 5 - 12) |
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Declarations of Interest
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Public Questions and Statements |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer, and supplied the text by midday on Thursday 13 November, three working days before the day of the meeting. Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item. Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak: · at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes); · when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Leader who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Q2 Performance Monitoring and Budget Report |
(Pages 13 - 208) |
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Recommendations
That the Executive
(i) Approve the refreshed Capital Plan summarised at paragraph 4.2.3.
(ii) Approve the proposed committing of £2m of Strategic Capacity reserve to fund any overspend relating to the Selby Transforming Cities scheme and the delegation of the approval to draw upon that £2m to the Corporate Director – Resources in consultation with the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation and the Executive Member for Finance as summarised at paragraph 4.5.2
(iii) Notes the position on the Council’s Treasury Management activities during the second quarter of 2025/26.
(iv) Refers this report to the Audit Committee for their consideration as part of the overall monitoring arrangements for Treasury Management.
(v) Notes the forecast outturn position against the 2025/26 Revenue Budget, as summarised in paragraph 2.2.1.
(vi) Approve £1,360k funding from the LGR reserve to fund the Customer Engagement Platform in paragraph 2.5.2 and Appendix 1.
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Harrogate Transforming Cities Fund - Project update and Contract Entry Authority |
(Pages 209 - 840) |
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Recommendation
It is recommended that Members approve the delegation of authority to the Corporate Director – Environment, in consultation with the Corporate Director – Resources, the Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services, the Executive Member for Highways and Transportation and the Executive Member for Finance to: i. accept full grants from WYCA and YNYCA subject to funding body Approval to Proceed and acceptable terms and conditions of grant being received.
Subject to i: ii. agree the final terms of and enter into the construction contract to deliver the Harrogate TCF project with NYH iii. delegate authority to enact project scope adjustments, if necessary, post-contract entry to maintain costs within budget or to seek additional funding. iv. delegate authority to procure and appoint NEC 4 Project Manager and Supervisor and professional services necessary for contract management and delivery of the Harrogate TCF project.
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Annual Review of Member Champions |
(Pages 841 - 844) |
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Recommendation
The Executive is asked to note the report and consider whether the Member Champion roles remain appropriate and in line with the Council’s priorities/challenges.
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8. |
Forward Plan
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(Pages 845 - 866) |
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Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Leader agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Date of Next Meeting - 16 December 2025
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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.
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Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Democratic Services Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.
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Contact Details |
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For enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact: Elizabeth Jackson, Principal Democratic Services Officer E-mail: elizabeth.jackson@northyorks.gov.uk E-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01423 556409
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic Services