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Shropshire
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Agenda

Venue: The Council Chamber, The Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ. View directions

Contact: Ashley Kendrick  Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Disclosable Interests

Members are reminded that they must declare their disclosable pecuniary interests and other registrable or non-registrable interests in any matter being considered at the meeting as set out in Appendix B of the Members’ Code of Conduct and consider if they should leave the room prior to the item being considered. Further advice can be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

3.

Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 19 November 2025.

 

TO FOLLOW

4.

Public Question Time

To receive any questions from members of the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 14. Deadline for notification is not later than 12 noon on Thursday 27 November 2025.

5.

Member Question Time

To receive any questions from Members of the Council. Deadline for notification is not later than 12 noon on Thursday 27 November 2025.

6.

Scrutiny Items

6a

Scrutiny Item – Report of the Station Gyratory (LUF2) Task & Finish Group

Lead Member – Councillor Ed Potter, Chair of the Economy and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Lead Officer – Claire Braddock, Overview and Scrutiny Officer

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

6b

Scrutiny Item - Improvement Plan

To receive a verbal update from the Chair of the Transformation and Improvement Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

Contact – Councillor David Minnery

7.

All Age Autism Strategy 2025 - 2030 pdf icon PDF 479 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Ruth Houghton, Portfolio Holder for Social Care

 

Lead Officer - Laura Tyler, Service Director - Commissioning

Additional documents:

8.

Improvement Plan pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Lead Member – Councillor Heather Kidd, Leader

 

Lead Officer – Rachel Robinson, Director of Public Health

Additional documents:

9.

People Plan pdf icon PDF 342 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Heather Kidd, Leader

 

Lead Officer – Rachel Robinson, Director of Public Health

Additional documents:

10.

Financial Monitoring Period 7

Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

11.

Treasury Management Update Quarter 2 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 342 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

 

Additional documents:

12.

Treasury Strategy 2025/26 Mid-Year Review pdf icon PDF 313 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

Additional documents:

13.

Fees and Charges Pricing Policy pdf icon PDF 328 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

Additional documents:

14.

Pre-Budget Report

Lead Member – Councillor Heather Kidd, Leader

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

 

15.

Setting the Council Tax Taxbase for 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 679 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Roger Evans, Portfolio Holder for Finance

 

Lead Officer – James Walton, Executive Director (S151)

16.

Children's Services Annual Reports 2024-25 pdf icon PDF 314 KB

Lead Member – Councillor Andy Hall, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education

 

Lead Officer – Sonya Miller, Service Director – Children & Young People

 

Additional documents:

17.

Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement 2025

Lead Member – Councillor David Walker, Portfolio Holder for Planning

 

Lead Officer - Eddie West, Planning Policy and Strategy Manager

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

18.

Update on the School Library Service (SLS)

Lead Member – Councillor Andy Hall, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education

 

Lead Officer – David Shaw, Director of Children’s Services

 

REPORT TO FOLLOW

19.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To resolve that, in accordance with the provisions of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and Paragraph 10.4 [3] of the Council’s Access to Information Rules, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items

 

20.

Exempt Minutes

To confirm the exempt minutes from the meeting held on 19 November 2025.

 

TO FOLLOW

21.

Date of Next Meeting

To note that the next meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 21 January 2026.

 

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