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 2 March 2023.

It was resolved that the draft minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 2 March, 2023 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 April to November, 2023 with the changes outlined at the meeting.

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

It was resolved to accept the Scorecard monitoring report for Q3 2022/23 and to note the areas of improvement together with the areas which the Leadership Team is managing to secure further improvements into the future.

To submit a report by the Director of Social Services.

It was resolved -

·      To confirm that the Executive is reassured that the continued progress made by the Social Services Department is reasonable and timely.

·      To endorse the intention not to report to the Executive on Social Services improvements hereafter  and that reports in future will continue to be made to the Social Services Scrutiny Panel.

To submit a report by the Director of Education, Skills and Young People.

It was resolved –

·      To approve the delay of the implementation date of the proposal namely “to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to take pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn” to 1 September, 2024.

·      Subject to the above, Officers will notify the “relevant parties” of the decision to defer the implementation date of the proposal for Ysgol Y Graig.

To submit a report by the Director of Education, Skills and Young People.

It was resolved to approve the draft Modernising Learning Communities and Developing the Welsh Language Strategy for public consultation.

To submit a report by the Head of Housing Services.

It was resolved –

·      To approve the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan 2023-2053  subject to minor amendments to the financial details and

·      To authorise the Portfolio Member for Housing and the Portfolio Member for Finance to approve the finalised HRA Business Plan for submission to Welsh Government.

To consider adopting the following:-

“Under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the discussion on the following item on the grounds that it may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the said Act and in the attached Public Interest Test.”

To submit a report by the Head of Housing Services.

It was resolved to approve a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) application for the required adaptation works for the total cost of £122,868 which requires a discretionary grant approval for the £86,868 above the mandatory maximum grant of £36,000.