Councillor Andy Izard

Committee Committee Member

Audit & Governance Committee - Monday 13th October 2025 6.30 pm

The Audit and Governance Committee met to discuss the external audit progress, the internal audit progress, the internal audit charter, the risk report, and the treasury report. The committee approved the Internal Audit Charter and noted the other reports. A suggestion was made to add a self-assessment of the committee's effectiveness to the work programme, but this was not agreed.

Committee Committee Member

Planning Committee - Tuesday 7th October 2025 10.00 am

The Boston Borough Council Planning Committee met to discuss a planning application for land north of the Boston Borough Council Depot. Councillors approved the application, which involves demolishing an industrial shed and changing the land use to provide additional staff parking, commercial parking bays, and trailer bays, with associated works. The committee made revisions to conditions relating to archaeological investigations and surface water disposal, in light of the fact that some work had already commenced on the site.

Committee Committee Member

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 2nd October 2025 6.30 pm

Councillor Paul Gleeson, Chair of the Committee, led the Boston Borough Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting, where members discussed Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership efforts, Anglian Water's infrastructure plans, community safety, and budget preparations. The committee recommended a safeguarding policy to the cabinet and agreed to bring back the Local Council Tax Support Scheme for further review at the next meeting.

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Full Council - Monday 29th September 2025 6.30 pm

Boston Borough Council met to discuss the 2024/25 outturn report, appointments to committees, the designation of a Section 151 officer[^2], the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership performance, and a motion to replace the Chairman of the Planning Committee. The council approved the transfer of a £1.015 million surplus to the volatility reserve, made appointments to committee vice-chairmanships and outside bodies, designated a Section 151 officer, and voted to replace Councillor David Middleton as Chairman of the Planning Committee with Councillor Peter Bedford.

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Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) - Thursday 25th September 2025 6.30 pm

Here is a summary of the scheduled discussions for the Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) meeting on 25 September 2025. The agenda included a review of the financial position for the first quarter of 2025/26, an update on the BTAC Small Grant Scheme, and a discussion of the committee's work programme. Also on the agenda was consideration of whether to exclude the public and press from the meeting for a discussion of the BTAC Working Group recommendations.