Councillor Matt Hartley

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 28th November, 2024 6.30 pm

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee noted the Carbon Neutral Plan Year 3 update. The committee discussed the challenges to achieving a carbon neutral borough by 2030, including the availability of external funding and the need for greater alignment with national policy objectives. The committee made several recommendations including that the council should seek to leverage the buying power of developers to support retrofitting the borough's housing stock.

Organisation and Communities Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 21st November, 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting has been cancelled.

Transport and Place Scrutiny Panel - Wednesday, 20th November, 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting was scheduled to consider an update on planning and regeneration in the borough, and a report on the council's planned transport work for 2024-25. It is important to note that the document used to write this summary only describes what was scheduled to be discussed, and gives no information on what was actually said by the attendees or whether any decisions were made.

Organisation and Communities Scrutiny Panel - Thursday, 31st October, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting received an update on the performance of Legal and HR services, and discussed the commissioning of reports for its next meeting. The Panel agreed to invite the Leader of the Council, Councillor Danny Thorpe, to provide an update on the Community Engagement Framework.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 30th October, 2024 6.30 pm

This meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee included discussion of the Council's progress on delivering the Equality and Equity Action Plan, as well as a quarterly update on predicted budget savings for 2024/25. The Committee were also asked to note the details of the upcoming Forward Plan, which included a number of upcoming decisions to be made by the Council in the coming months, and were also asked to consider commissioning a report on the progress of the Council’s Carbon Neutral Plan for the meeting on 28 November 2024.