The Minutes of the meetings held on 22 April 2024 and 22 May 2024 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To receive any petitions from the public and any questions from the public and Councillors.

Questions on the following matters were submitted by members of the public:

(The full text of the question and response was made available on the Reading Borough Council website).

This report sets out the proposed changes to the Articles of Association of the Council’s wholly owned bus company, Reading Transport Limited. (Appendices 2- 5, originally marked ‘to follow’, are now attached)

The Committee, acting in its capacity as sole shareholder of Reading Transport Limited (RTL), considered a report outlining proposed changes to the Articles of Association of RTL.  The following documents were attached to the report:

·         Appendix 1 - Detailed report on changes to the Articles and a list of subsidiaries;  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

This report asks the Committee to make appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2024/25, or longer where required. A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations will be circulated prior to the meeting.

The Committee considered a report on the appointments or nominations to outside bodies for the Municipal Year 2024/25, or longer where required.   A schedule of outside body appointments showing the Group Leaders’ recommendations was tabled at the meeting.

The recommendation in the report and the schedule of appointments incorporated the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

This report sets out the disposal of the Reading Central Library site.

The Committee considered a report on the proposed disposal of the Central Library site, which would become surplus to requirements as the library service moved to a new building to be constructed and integrated into the Council’s Civic Offices.  The site was shown on a plan attached to the report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

The following motion will be moved by the Chair:

“That, pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following items on the agenda, as it is likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant Paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of that Act”

Resolved –

That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of items 11 and 12 below as it was likely that there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

The Committee received a report setting out an appendix to the report on the proposed disposal of the Central library (Minute 9 above refers).  Appendix A (Strategy Report –Savills Informal Valuation advice) contained exempt information and was therefore submitted separately from the main report which had been considered in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

The Committee considered a report recommending award of a 15-month contract for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Hosting service.

The report noted that there were strong operational dependencies between the Hosting service and End User Services contracts, and it would be preferable for the long-term procurement of the services  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.