To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive declarations of interests in respect of Schedule 1, Schedule 2 or Other Interests from members of the committee in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2023.

The deadline for submission of questions for this meeting is:

9:30am on Monday 23 January 2023.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk. Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive questions from members of the public.

To receive questions from councillors.

To receive reports from the Council’s scrutiny committees on any recommendations to the Cabinet arising from recent scrutiny committee meetings.

To recommend to Council the 2023/24 local Council Tax Reduction (CTR) scheme.

To recommend to Council the proposed 2023/24 budget and associated Medium Term Financial Strategy and the Treasury Management Strategy for recommendation to Council on 10 February 2023.

To recommend to Council for approval the capital investment budget and capital strategy for 2023/24 onwards.

To approve the Herefordshire Big Economic Plan and accompanying initial five year delivery plan 2023 to 2028; and

To explore the principle of developing a place-focused partnership board, to lead the implementation of the Big Economic Plan and other associated key strategies, embedding a cross county partnership approach to achieving the county’s opportunities, and seek the public and private investment required to achieve our ambitions.

Cabinet approved the setting up a Shareholder Committee at its meeting on 12th January 2023. This report seeks Cabinet nominations of 4 named members of Cabinet to serve on the Shareholder Committee.