Decisions

It was RESOLVED :-

·      To allocate the sum of £221,257 from reserves to enable the extension of contracts of agency staff for a further three months. ( 1 Service Manager’s post to be extended until 2018 and 3 Social Workers posts until the end of December 2017); 3 additional Social Workers and a Team Manager to be recruited to cover recent vacancies and sickness absence;

·      To proceed with the second phase of the restructuring of Children’s Services (additional costs of regrading posts in Teulu Môn), which requires an additional expenditure of £17,000 (which can be funded from staffing budget for Children’s Services);

·      To give the Head of Children’s Services the flexibility to utilise some of the budget unallocated (£93,957) after the restructuring to support the implementation of the Service Improvement Plan over the next few months.

It was resolved to accept and to note the draft Annual Report of the Statutory Director of Social Services for 2015/16.

It was RESOLVED to adopt the Empty Homes Strategy 2017-2022.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the modernisation of primary and secondary schools, and also primary and secondary schools sharing the same campus or 3-16/3-18 through schools;

·           To approve the Local Authority contribution of approximately £18 million towards the Band B programme;

·           To approve the options outlined in the Economic Case of the SOP, and to expect further detailed analysis in the subsequent detailed business case;

·           To continue to support the school modernisation programme’s case for change and the drivers for change.

It was RESOLVED that :-

·      Option B be the preferred option which will incorporate :-

·           Option 3 – which is to build a new school to replace Ysgol Corn Hir and Ysgol Bodffordd;

·           Option 8 – adaptations to Ysgol Esceifiog, Gaerwen;

·           Option 7 – further consultation will be required on adapting Ysgol y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, and close Ysgol Talwrn;

·           Option 9 – adaptations to Ysgol Heblas.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To note the draft unaudited main financial statements for 2016/17;

·           To note the position on earmarked reserves and to approve the use of, or increases to, individual reserves as noted in Appendix 4 of the report;

·           To approve the new reserves amounting to £482k as shown in table 2 of the report;

·           To approve £250k from the general reserves to fund additional voluntary redundancy costs in 2017/18;

·           To note the schools balances position;

·           To note the HRA balances as at 31 March, 2017.

It was RESOLVED to note the areas which the Senior Leadership Team is managing to secure improvements into the future as per section 1.3 of the report along with mitigation measures outlined.

It was resolved to confirm the Executive’s updated Forward Work Programme for the period from September, 2017 to February, 2018 as presented at the meeting.

It was resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 12^th June, 2017, be approved as a correct record.