The Minutes of the meeting held on 8 July 2024 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

This report sets out options to maintain burial provision in Reading beyond 2030 and recommends a preferred option of using reserve cemetery land at Henley Road.

Further to Minute 33 of the meeting held on 23 September 2021, the Committee considered a report setting out options for burial provision beyond 2030.  A confidential annex to the report set out indicative purchase prices for a number of potential sites for a new cemetery as well as estimated  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

The report sets out the provisional revenue and capital outturn positions for the Council’s General Fund and Housing Revenue Account as at the end of Quarter 1 2024/25 as well as performance against the measures of success published in the Council’s Corporate Plan.

The Committee considered a report setting out the projected revenue and capital outturn positions for 2024/25 for both the General Fund and the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) as at the end of Quarter 1 and the performance against the measures of success set out in the Council’s Corporate Plan.  The  ...  view the full minutes text for item 23.

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 item 24 below as it was likely that there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs specified in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 24.

The Committee, in its capacity as shareholder of Reading Transport Limited (RTL), considered a report setting out at Appendix 1 a Shareholder Update Report and 2023/24 Annual Review submitted by RTL.  Provisional Management accounts were attached to the report submitted by RTL at Annexes 1-3.

The cover report set out  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.