Agenda

Cabinet - Wednesday 10th December 2025 6.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room - Municipal Buildings, West Street, Boston, PE21 8QR. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services Email: demservices@boston.gov.uk

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Items
No.	Item
	Part I - Preliminaries
A	Apologies for Absence To receive apologies for absence.
B	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interests in respect of any item on the agenda.
C	Minutes PDF 187 KB To sign and confirm the minutes of the following meetings: · Cabinet – 17^th September 2025 · Special Cabinet – 13^th November 2025 · Special Cabinet – 26^th November 2025 Additional documents: Special Cabinet Minutes - 13 November 2025 , item C PDF 145 KB Special Cabinet Minutes - 26 November 2025 , item C PDF 144 KB
D	Questions from Members of the Public To answer any written questions received from members of the public no later than 5 p.m. two clear working days prior to the meeting – for this meeting the deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday 5^th December 2025.
	Part II - Agenda Items
1.	Recommendations from Overview and Scrutiny (Standing Item)*
2.	Recommendations from the Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) (Standing Item)
3.	Quarter 2 25/26 Performance and Risk Report PDF 272 KB View the background to item 3. (A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate) Additional documents: Appendix A - Q2 Performance , item 3. PDF 211 KB Appendix B - Q2 BBC Risk Registers , item 3. PDF 119 KB Appendix C - Q2 Partnership Risks , item 3. PDF 1 MB Appendix D - Q2 Fraud Risks , item 3. PDF 764 KB
4.	Proposed Amendments to the Council's Contract Procedure Rules PDF 109 KB View the background to item 4. (A report by John Medler, Assistant Director – Governance & Monitoring Officer) Additional documents: Appendix 1a - Proposed Contract Procedure Rules – Clean Version , item 4. PDF 237 KB Appendix 1b - Proposed Contract Procedure Rules – Tracked Changes , item 4. PDF 692 KB Appendix 2 - Revised Delegations to Officers , item 4. PDF 80 KB Appendix 3 - Key Changes document , item 4. PDF 129 KB
5.	Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy PDF 211 KB View the background to item 5. (A report by Russell Stone, Director of Finance (S151 Officer)) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Draft Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy , item 5. PDF 528 KB
6.	Quarter 2 2025/26 Forecast Outturn PDF 113 KB View the background to item 6. (A report by Russell Stone, Director of Finance (S151 Officer)) Additional documents: Appendix A - BBC Q2 Finance Revenue Report 2025-26 , item 6. PDF 247 KB Appendix B - BBC Q2 Finance Capital Report 2025-26 , item 6. PDF 243 KB
7.	Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2026/27 PDF 198 KB View the background to item 7. (A report by Russell Stone, Director of Finance (S151 Officer)) Additional documents: Appendix 1- Consultation report , item 7. PDF 207 KB
8.	Exclusion of Public and Press To consider resolving - That under Section 100(A)(iv) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended).
9.	Council / Public Sector Partnership Services Transformation and Service Modernisation Programme View the reasons why item 9. is restricted View the background to item 9. (A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate) Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 23 View the reasons why document 9./2 is restricted
10.	South and East Lincolnshire Council's Partnership - Contracting of Leisure Facilities with an external operator as agent for service delivery View the reasons why item 10. is restricted View the background to item 10. (A report by Andy Fisher, Deputy Chief Executive (Programme Delivery) and Assistant Director – General Fund Assets) Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 25 View the reasons why document 10./2 is restricted Restricted enclosure 26 View the reasons why document 10./3 is restricted