Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Head of Democratic Services.

It was resolved to approve the Forward Work Programme for the period October, 2017 to May, 2018 subject to the additional changes outlined at the meeting.

The report of the Head of Democratic Services incorporating the Executive’s Forward Work Programme for the period from October, 2017 to May, 2018 was presented for the Executive’s approval.

The Head of Democratic Services reported on changes to the Forward Work Programme since the previous reporting period as follows –

•  Items new to the Forward Work Programme

   •  Item 5 – Schools’ Modernisation: Seiriol Area Informal Consultation scheduled for consideration at the Executive’s 30th October meeting. A further report is to be scheduled for presentation in March, 2018.

   •  Item 7 – Annual Report: Achievement against the Tenants’ Participation Strategy scheduled for consideration by the Executive at its 30th  October, 2017 meeting.

   •  Item 17 – Asset Management Strategy: Council Housing scheduled for consideration by the Executive at its 27 November, 2017 meeting.

   •  Item 18 – Holyhead Council Housing Development Plan scheduled on the Work Programme to be considered at its 27th November, 2017 meeting but to be brought forward to the 30th October, 2017 meeting at the request of the service.

   •  Item 19 – Tackling Poverty Strategy scheduled for consideration by the Executive at its 27th  November, 2017 meeting.

   •  Item 22 – Schools with fewer than 120 pupils scheduled for consideration by the Executive at its 18th  December, 2017 meeting.

   •  Item 41 – Tenants’ Participation Strategy 2018-21 scheduled for consideration by the Executive at its 26th  March, 2018 meeting.

The Head of Democratic Services informed the Executive that further progress reports will be arranged in relation to item 13 on the agenda of today’s meeting (CSSIW Inspection of Children’s Services in Anglesey – Improvement Plan); additionally, due the timing of the Welsh Government’s announcement of the provisional Local Government 2018/19 financial settlement, pre-decision scrutiny of the initial draft budget proposals has been deferred from 17 October (as shown on the Work Programme)  to 31 October, 2017.

It was resolved to confirm the Executive’s updated Forward Work Programme for the period from October to May, 2017 subject to the additional changes reported at the meeting.