Councillor Ian Rowley

Council - Wednesday 5th March, 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting was dominated by a debate about the council's proposed budget for 2025-26. The budget, which includes a 4.99% increase in council tax, was approved despite opposition amendments calling for a smaller council tax increase.

Council - Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was scheduled to include a motion to approve the appointment of Janet Kealey as an independent person to the council’s standards committee, a debate on the opportunities and challenges faced by residents of Harrow Road ward, a series of reports on the City Plan, homelessness, and reform of planning committees, and a report on Council Tax.

Budget Scrutiny Task Group - Tuesday 21st January, 2025 6.30 pm

This meeting of the Budget Scrutiny Task Group was scheduled to discuss the council's General Fund and Housing Revenue Account budgets for 2025/26. The agenda included presentations on the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, proposed savings and investment proposals, and an update on the budget gap.

Budget Scrutiny Task Group - Wednesday 4th December, 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting was to discuss the Council’s proposed capital programme, including both General Fund and Housing Revenue Account budgets. The Budget Scrutiny Task Group considered reports on an overview of the Capital Programme, and the programmes for each Executive Leadership Team.

Audit and Performance Committee - Monday 25th November, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting was scheduled to discuss the City Council's finances, performance, fraud prevention and control framework, and policies for tackling fraud. Topics included the performance of the Council against its key performance indicators, a review of the Council's financial position, a review of the Treasury Management Strategy, the approval of changes to the Council's counter-fraud policies and consideration of reports on Internal Audit progress and the Counter Fraud Service.