Decisions

It was resolved to note the contents of the Medium Term Financial Plan 2027/28 to 2029/20 and to approve the assumptions made therein.

It was resolved to confirm the Executive’s updated Forward Work Programme for the period October 2026 to May 2027 with the changes outlined at the meeting.

It was resolved to accept the Scorecard report for Quarter 1 2026/27 and to note the areas which the Leadership Team and relevant services are investigating to deliver further improvements in the future .These were in relation to the  Welsh Language (consultation responses), Social Care and Wellbeing (adult protection enquiries completed within timescales); Housing (re-letting of void properties);  Economy (planned inspections of high risk food businesses), Climate Change (domestic waste recycling rates) and Whole Council Health (responses to FOI requests within timescale and levels of sickness absence).

It was resolved that the Executive supports the following recommendations –

·      To continue to collect residual waste once every 3 weeks by collecting new 180 litre black bins, rather than the current 240 litre bins, from 2029.

·      To create more space for recycling as soon as is practicably possible by:

·        Collecting cardboard and paper together in the top box of the trolley box.

·        Offering additional storage options for recycling additional cardboard, and/or hard plastic and cans.

·      To present a campaign to raise awareness of and understanding for recycling and reuse.

·      To conduct research to extend the material collected for recycling to include soft plastic and other materials.

·      To proceed to develop and submit an outline business case for funding to Welsh Government.

It was resolved to note the annual Treasury Management Review report for 2025/26 and to recommend its approval by the Full Council at its meeting on 24 September 2026.

It was resolved that the Executive supports the following recommendations –

·      Having considered the current uncertainties facing the tourism sector and the outcome of the public consultation and impact assessments, that the Council does not adopt the Visitor Levy.

·      That the Council will monitor, review and consider evidence of the impact of the Visitor Levy in other local authorities in Wales that have chosen to adopt the levy, and any changes to the relevant legislation.

·      That the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader, will write to Welsh Government requesting a review of the current legislative regime to address the issues raised in the recent consultation process. Such letter to Welsh Government to be circulated to all elected members.

It was resolved to adopt the draft Self-Assessment and Performance (Wellbeing) Report 2025/26 as a “working draft” and to invite further consideration of its contents by the Governance and Audit Committee at its meeting on 28 September 2026.

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 1 2026/27.

·      The forecast outturn for 2026/27.

It was resolved –

·      To note the progress of expenditure and receipts against the capital budget 2026/27 at Quarter 1.

·      To approve the additional schemes, amounting to £7.438m, to the capital programme and amendments to funding, as per Appendix C of the report, which will result in a revised capital budget of £72.127m for 2026/27.

It was resolved to note the following –

·      The position set out in Appendices A, B and C of the report in respect of the Authority’s financial performance to date and expected outturn for 2026/27.

·      The summary of contingency budgets for 2026/27, detailed in Appendix CH.

·      The monitoring of agency and consultancy costs for 2026/27 in Appendices D and DD.

·      The monitoring of Cost of Change Fund expenditure for 2026/27 in Appendix E.

It was resolved that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Executive held on 21 July 2026 be confirmed as correct.