Agenda
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Meeting |
Housing and Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee |
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Councillors Sam Gibbs (Chair), John Ritchie (Vice-Chair), Karl Arthur, John Cattanach, Caroline Dickinson, Nigel Knapton, John Mann, Bob Packham, Stuart Parsons, Yvonne Peacock, Clive Pearson, Kirsty Poskitt, Dan Sladden, Phil Trumper, Matt Walker and Greg White. |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 |
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Time: |
10.00 am |
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Venue: |
The Grand - County Hall
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Business |
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1. |
Apologies for Absence
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 11 June 2025
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(Pages 3 - 10) |
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Declarations of Interest |
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All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.
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Public Participation |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Melanie Carr of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Thursday 18 September 2025, 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 Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.
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Leisure Investment Strategy Update
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(Pages 11 - 30) |
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6. |
Annual Review of Libraries
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(Pages 31 - 42) |
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Housing Revenue Account Policy Framework Update
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(Pages 43 - 48) |
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Housing Improvement & Regulatory Update
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(Pages 49 - 104) |
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Complaints Update
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(Pages 105 - 118) |
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10. |
Grounds Maintenance Review - Verbal Update
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11. |
Work Programme 2025-26
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(Pages 119 - 122) |
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Any Other Items |
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Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances
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Date of Next Meeting - 1 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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Contact Details |
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Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Melanie Carr Tel: 01609 533849 or e-mail: Melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk
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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. You may be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.
Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.
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: Melanie Carr, Senior Scrutiny Officer E-mail: melanie.carr1@northyorks.gov.uk Tel: 01609 533849
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive