Agenda and draft minutes

Cabinet Sub Committee (Medway Norse Ltd Shareholder Board) - Tuesday, 12 May 2026 6.00pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3 - Medway Park Leisure Centre, Mill Road, Gillingham, ME7 1HF. View directions

Contact: Vanessa Etheridge - Democratic Services Officer

Items

No.

Item

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Gurung.

Record of decisions PDF 154 KB

Minutes:

The record of the meeting held on 17 February was agreed by the Sub Committee and signed by the Chairperson as correct.

Declarations of disclosable pecuniary Interests and other significant Interests PDF 371 KB

Minutes:

Disclosable pecuniary interests

There were none.

Other significant interests (OSIs)

There were none.

Other interests

There were none.

Exclusion of the Press and Public PDF 134 KB

Additional documents:

Restricted enclosure 6 View the reasons why document 4./2 is restricted
Restricted enclosure 7 View the reasons why document 4./3 is restricted

Minutes:

Decision

number:

Decision:

The Committee agreed that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the exempt material relating to agenda item 4 under section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, because consideration of these matters in public would disclose exempt information as defined by Schedule 12A, paragraph 3-Information relating to financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) to the Local Government Act 1972, as specified in agenda item 5 and, in all the circumstances of the case, the Committee considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

Quarterly progress update on Joint Venture PDF 158 KB

Minutes:

The report updated the Sub Committee on progress, performance, risk, budget and contract status relating to the operation of the joint venture between April 2026 and May 2026.

The Sub Committee noted that the Business Plan had now been formally agreed, and discussed the internal governance arrangements and the meetings of the Client Liaison Board. It was agreed that the tight turnaround previously agreed as part of the internal governance arrangements discussed at the meetings in June and August 2025 of holding the Client Liaison Board, Medway Norse Ltd Board and Cabinet Sub Committee meetings within 48 hours of each other was not effective and a return to a formal gap between these meetings would be preferable.

Exempt Appendices A and B to the report provided further information in respect of the Medway Norse Performance Update (MN Q4 Report), and the Medway Norse Risk Register status report, which the Sub Committee considered and discussed. It was noted that further work would be undertaken on the presentation of the risk register to help align it with the Council’s own risk register reporting. The Sub Committee discussed opportunities to strengthen commercial capability and different ways to support the company’s long-term viability and attractiveness to a future authority under local government reform.

Decision number:	Decision:
	The Cabinet Sub Committee noted the report.
	The Cabinet Sub Committee noted the progress that had taken place to develop a new business plan to take effect from April 2026 to March 2031 (Five year Business Plan).
03/2026	The Cabinet Sub Committee agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Front Line Services and Deputy Director of Place, in consultation with the Chairperson, to revise the internal governance arrangements by setting more conducive dates for reporting between the Client Liaison Board and Medway Norse Ltd Board meetings.