Agenda

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 2.

To approve the record of the meeting held on 10 November 2022.

This report sets out the Members’ questions received for this meeting.

The report sets out the Council’s position and legal duties in respect of providing temporary accommodation and the strategic need for change in the current profile of provision.

The report presents the business case for commencing a pilot to purchase accommodation that will be used as temporary accommodation. The Council is recommended  to agree to additional borrowing of funds to support the pilot.

This report gives an overview of treasury management activity since 1 April 2022 and presents a review of the Treasury Strategy approved by Council on 24 February 2022.

This report sets out the outcomes of the Medway Youth Council (MYC) annual conference 2022 following their research into the impact poverty has on young people. It makes some key recommendations for supporting young people during the current cost-of-living crisis.

On 25 August 2022, the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee proposed that going forward, the Committee would receive an annual strategic report in relation to Medway Norse, with the Regeneration, Culture and Environment Overview and Scrutiny (RCE O&S) Committee being asked to consider an annual operational report.

At its meeting on 8 December 2022, the RCE O&S Committee agreed that it wished to receive a Medway Norse annual operational report and agreed to recommend to Full Council a change to the Council’s Constitution to facilitate this.

This report sets out the position regarding the overall allocation of seats on Committees following the creation of an Independent Group and, separately, an increase in size of the Conservative Group.

This report asks the Council to consider a provisional programme of meetings for the 2023/24 municipal year, as set out in Appendix 1, for recommendation to the Annual Meeting of the Council on 24 May 2023.

This report provides details of the recent use of urgency provisions within the Constitution.

This report sets out the motions received for this meeting.