Agenda and draft minutes

Strata - Joint Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 11th February, 2026 2.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room 2 Council Chamber, Forde House, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4XX. View directions

Contact: Email: democraticservicestdc@teignbridge.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
41.	Election of Chair Based on the existing annual rotational protocol for the position of Chair, the Chair is to be appointed from the East Devon District Council Members. Previous Chairs were: Teignbridge District Council in 2024/25, Exeter City Council in 2023/24, and East Devon District Council in 2022/23 Minutes: It was proposed by Cllr Levine and seconded by Cllr Westerman that Cllr Olive be elected Chair of the Committee. A vote was taken – all were in favour. RESOLVED That Cllr Olive be elected Chair of the Committee.
42.	Minutes PDF 90 KB To approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Minutes: It was proposed by Cllr Olive and seconded by Cllr Knott that the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as a correct record. RESOLVED That the minutes of the previous meeting be agreed as a correct record.
43.	Declarations of Interest Councillors are reminded of the need to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests that relate to business on the agenda. Information pertaining to the Members' Code of Conduct and guidance relating to declaring interests can be found on the following webpage: https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/district-councillors/councillor-conduct/ Minutes: None.
44.	Questions from the Public Under Procedural Rules A period of up to 15 minutes will be set aside to deal with questions to the Committee from members of the public. Each individual will be restricted to speaking for a total of 3 minutes. Where a question does not relate to an agenda item details of questions should be notified to the Proper Officer of the Relevant Council at least two working days prior to the meeting. Minutes: None.
45.	Question from Members of the Councils under Procedure Rules To receive questions from Members of the Councils. Where a question does not relate to an agenda item details of questions should be notified to the Proper Officer of the Relevant Council at least two working days prior to the meeting. Minutes: None.
46.	Strata Business Plan 2026-27 PDF 552 KB Additional documents: Strata Business Plan 2026-2027 v0.1 (1) , item 46. PDF 843 KB Minutes: The Director of IT and Digital Transformation introduced the item to the Committee. He spoke on the successful transformation as evidenced by the reduced calls coming into Strata, MHCLG recognition, the role of enterprise architecture, and costs. The Committee discussed the impact of Local Government Reorganisation on Strata and budgeting. The Committee noted the Strata Business Plan
47.	Strata Budget Monitoring and Performance 2025-26 PDF 161 KB Additional documents: Appendix A Strata Budget Monitoring - (8) November 2025-26 , item 47. PDF 185 KB Minutes: The Strata Finance Manager introduced the item to the Committee. The Committee discussed the projected outturn of £297,000, the budget savings from the EDDC graphics team, and funding for cloud servers. The Committee noted the report.