Decisions

None to report.

Declarations of interest were made as follows :-

Councillor H. E. Jones declared a personal interest with regard to item 16 on the agenda.

Councillor Alwyn Rowlands declared a prejudicial interest with regard to item 18 on the agenda.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To agree, in principle, to fund any pay protection costs that arise from the restructuring of the management of the Council’s Secondary Schools from central budgets;

·           That the pay protection is funded in 2017/18 from the Redundancy Contingency budget but, if this is insufficient, from the Council’s general balances;

·           That each school that requires support in meeting any pay protection costs must submit a formal plan detailing the proposed changes, pay protection costs and revenue savings to be achieved.  The plan must be in line with the principles set out in the restructure proposal already drafter and must be agreed with the Head of Learning and the Head of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer;

·           That the release of funding for individual schools is delegated to the Portfolio Holder (Finance) and the Portfolio Holder (Education) subject to the submission of a satisfactory business case by the School concerned;

·           The Council reserves the right to recover a proportion of funding allocated towards the cost of pay protection, should a school that has received funding through this decision decide to restructure again in the future e.g. as a result of increasing pupil numbers.

It was RESOLVED that the age of admission to Ysgol Brynsiencyn be lowered so as to admit pupils part time from September 2017.

It was RESOLVED that the draft minutes of the meeting of the Voluntary Sector Liaison Committee held on 12 January, 2017 be noted for information purposes.

RESOLVED to approve the interim Homelessness Strategy and Work Plan for the period 2017/2018, after which it is intended to present a Regional Strategy and Local Work Plan for a period of 5 years.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan 2017-2047, and in particular the HRA budget for 2017-2047 as set out within the Plan, for submission to Welsh Government;

·           To approve the proposed Housing Capital Programme for 2017-2018, as set out in Appendix 3 of the report;

·           To delegate authority to the Head of Housing Services and the Head of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer to make any amendments to the Business Plan prior to submission to Welsh Government.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To note the outcomes of the Inspection of Children’s Services that took place in November, 2016;

·           To note and confirm that the Recommendations are accepted;

·           To note that the Recommendations and actions to address them have been incorporated in the Service Improvement Plan.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the revised Local Discretionary Housing Payment Policy (DHP) Scheme from 4 April, 2017 for 2017/18 and subsequent years;

·           To ensure that total DHP spend for the financial year remains broadly in line with the amount allocated for the scheme by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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 April to November, 2017 subject to the additional changes outlined at the meeting.

To seek Executive approval for the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan 2017-2020;

·           To approve the Action Plan for delivering the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan objectives;

·           To approve the review of the Anglesey Education Language Policy in light of the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan and the Isle of Anglesey County Council’s  language policy.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the proposal to continue to deliver the Joint Planning Policy Service for the Isle of Anglesey County Council and Gwynedd Council for a further 5 years;

·           To authorise the Senior Officer from the Regulation Department and the Legal Section to review and agree a new collaboration agreement in order to extend the period of joint working to include reviewing and agreeing arrangements for the administration, operation and management of the Joint Planning Policy Unit;

·           That quarterly progress reports be submitted to the Executive and the Planning and Orders Committee for information, with an Annual Report being submitted to the Full Council.

It was RESOLVED to note the contents of the Assessment of Local Well-being for the area of Anglesey Local Authority.

It was RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 14 February, 2017 be approved as a correct record.