Decisions

It was resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 22 October 2024 be confirmed as correct.

It was resolved –

·      To note the progress of expenditure and receipts against the capital budget 2024/25 at Quarter 2.

·      To approve the additional schemes within Quarter 2 amounting to £3.116m to the capital programme and amendments to funding as per Appendix C to the report, which will result in a revised capital budget of £72.477m for 2024/25.

·      To approve the carry forward of potential underspend as noted in section 4.2 of the report.

It was resolved –

·      To approve the Local Housing Market Assessment 2023-28.

·      To approve the consultation process.

·      To approve delegated authority for the Head of Housing Services in consultation with the Housing Portfolio Holder to agree any minor editorial changes required to the draft Local Housing Market Assessment prior to submission to Welsh Government.

It was resolved to approve the Môn Actif Strategic Plan 2024-29.

It was resolved to note the following –

·      The position set out in respect of the financial performance of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) for Quarter 2 2024/25.

·      The forecast outturn for 2024/25.

It was resolved –

·      To note and accept the Annual Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) for 2023/24.

·      To authorise the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer to write to the PSOW to confirm that the Executive has given formal consideration to her Annual Letter.

·      To provide assurance that the Council will continue to monitor complaints thereby providing Members with the information required to scrutinise the Council’s performance.

·      To continue supporting the Council’s development of its CRM system as a platform for processing complaints and providing “live” data on complaints handling performance, by service, for relevant officers, heads of service and the LeadershipTeam.

It was resolved to adopt the Adult Services Strategic Modernisation Plan 2024-2029.

It was resolved –

• To note the calculation of the Council Tax Base by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer – this will be used by the Welsh Government in the calculation of the Revenue Support Grant for the Isle of Anglesey County Council for the 2025/26 financial year, being 31,445.15 (Part E6 of Appendix A to the report).
• To approve the calculation by the Director of Function (Resources)/Section 151 Officer for the purpose of setting the Council Tax Base for the whole and parts of the area for the year 2025/26 (Part E5 of Appendix A to the report)
• That, in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995 (SI19956/2561) as amended by SI1999/2935 and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) and Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, and the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, the amounts calculated by the Isle of Anglesey County Council as its tax base for the year 2025/26 shall be 33,472.17 and for the parts of the area shall be as set out in recommendation 3 of the report. 

It was resolved –

·      To note the position set out in Appendices A, B and C to the report in respect of the Authority’s financial performance to date and expected outturn for 2024/25.

·      To note the summary of contingency budgets for 2024/25 as detailed in Appendix CH.

·      To note the monitoring of agency and consultancy costs for 2024/25 in Appendices D and DD.

·      To agree to the implementation of new, and amendments to fees and charges for 2024/25 as detailed in Appendix E.

It was resolved to accept the scorecard monitoring report for Quarter 2 2024/25 and to note the areas which the Leadership Team is exploring and investigating to manage and secure further improvements into the future. These were areas in relation to Education, Housing, Economy, Climate Change and Whole Council Health.

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