Agenda and decisions

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

No urgent matters at the time of dispatch of this agenda.

To submit for confirmation, the draft minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 23 May 2024.

It was resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 23 May 2024 be confirmed as correct.

To submit a report by the Head of Democracy.

It was resolved to confirm the Executive’s updated Forward Work Programme for the period September 2024 to March 2025 with the changes outlined at the meeting.

To submit a report by the Head of Profession – HR and Transformation.

It was resolved to adopt the Corporate Self-Assessment 2023/24 document as a final version following its consideration and comments on its contents by the Governance and Audit Committee at its meeting on 18 July 2024.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·      To note the position set out in Appendices A and B of the report in respect of the Authority’s financial outturn for 2023/24.

·      To note the summary of Contingency budgets for 2023/24 detailed in Appendix C.

·      To note the monitoring of agency and consultancy costs for 2023/24 in Appendices CH, D and DD.

·      To note the estimated balance of the Council’s general balances as at 31 March 2024 stands at £15.694m.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·      To note the draft outturn position of the Capital Programme 2023/24 that is subject to audit.

·      To approve the carry-forward of £15.499m to 2024/25 for the underspend on the programme due to slippage. The funding for this will also carry-forward to 2024/25 as per paragraph 4.3 of Appendix A. The revised capital budget for 2024/25 is £59.337m.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved to note the position set out in respect of the financial performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for 2023/24.

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer.

It was resolved –

·      To note the draft unaudited financial statements for the financial year 2023/24. (The full Draft Statement of Accounts 2023/24 is published on IOACC-Draft-SOA-Redacted.pdf (gov.wales)).

·      To note the position of the Council’s general balances of £15.604m.

·      To note the balance of Earmarked Reserves of £16.778m and approve the creation of £1.553m of new earmarked reserves.

·      To formally approve the transfer of £2.002m of earmarked reserves back to the Council’s General Balances.

·      To note the balance of the school reserves of £5.577m.

·      To note the balance of the HRA reserve of £8.189m.

To submit a report by the Head of Regulation and Economic Development and the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer.

It was resolved to recommend to the Full Council that it support the following –

·      To delegate to the Head of Regulation and Economic Development in consultation with the Leader (or such delegated to a Portfolio Holder as may be nominated by the Leader), to carry out all the Council’s statutory functions in relation to any development which is a National Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires a Development Consent Order (DCO) as defined under the Planning Act 2008 as amended by the Secretary of State.

·      The Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer in consultation with the Head of Regulation and Economic Development to update section 3.5.3.10 of the Constitution to reflect the delegation given by the decision.

·      Permission to deviate from the requirements of the Council’s Welsh Language Policy to allow the Welsh translation of the Council’s comments to be sent to the Planning Inspectorate after their submission in English. (This exception is required because the NSIP examination timetable does not include sufficient time for the Council’s comments to be translated by the submission date).

To submit a report by the Head of Regulation and Economic Development.

It was resolved –

·      To note the North Anglesey Socio-economic Impact Report and its contents in order to be fully informed as to the current situation, trends, opportunities, and challenges.

·      To support the Leader writing to the new Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Welsh Language to raise awareness of the issues, challenges, and opportunities.

·      To support the Council’s ongoing activities to identify and secure external funding to facilitate future regeneration.

·      To ensure Officers and Elected Members utilise the data provided in the Impact Report to make informed whole Council decisions to deliver the Council Plan 2023-28.