Agenda and minutes

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In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared:

1)            Councillors C Richards and R C Stewart declared a Personal Interest in Minute 153 “Local Authority Governor Appointments”;

2)            Councillors A S Lewis and C E Lloyd declared a Personal and Prejudicial Interest in 153 “Local Authority Governor Appointments” and withdrew from the meeting prior to its consideration.

To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting(s) listed below be approved and signed as a correct record:

1)           Cabinet held on 19 January 2017;

2)            Special Cabinet held on 26 January 2017.

The Leader made no announcements.

Questions must relate to matters on the open part of the Agenda of the meeting and will be dealt within a 10 minute period.

No questions were asked.

No questions were asked.

Councillor P R Hood-Williams presented the feedback from the pre decision scrutiny.

The Cabinet Member for Services for Children and Young People submitted a report which outlined the process, findings and set out New Models of Delivery for the Domestic Abuse Cluster of the Family Support Commissioning Review.

RESOLVED that:

1)            The preferred option (2) as outlined in section 3 of the report as a measure to improve performance, make the service more robust, and make efficiencies, is appropriate to take forward for implementation.

The Leader of the Council submitted a report which sought delegated authority for he and the Chief Executive to sign an in principle agreement on a Swansea Bay City Deal.

RESOLVED that:

1)            The Leader of the Council and Chief Executive be delegated authority to sign an in principle City Deal agreement on the basis described within the report;

2)            Officers be requested to bring a further full report to Cabinet and Council on any definitive commitments following the Local Government Elections in May 2017 should the City Deal agreement be signed in principle.

The Cabinet Member for Services for Children and Young People submitted a report which outlined a response to the scrutiny recommendations and to present an action plan for agreement.

RESOLVED that:

1)            The response as outlined within the report and related action plan be agreed.

The Cabinet Member for Transformation and Performance submitted a report which recommended the way forward on unified communications including partnership working with Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (ABMU).

RESOLVED that:

1)            The Authority collaborates with ABMU by joining their highly resilient telephony platform;

2)            The Authority transforms the way that staff work by reducing the number of desk phones and reducing telephony costs;

3)            New technologies such as Skype for Business be introduced.

The Cabinet Member for Services for Children and Young People and the Cabinet Member for Wellbeing and Healthy City submitted a report which presented the proposed options for changes to services available to Children with Additional Needs and Disabilities which have been identified through the wider commissioning process of the Family Support Services Commissioning Review.

RESOLVED that:

1)                  Public consultation on the options presented in the report be approved.

The Cabinet Member for Education presented a report which sought approval of the nominations submitted to fill Local Authority (LA) Governor vacancies on School Governing Bodies.

RESOLVED that:

1)           The following nominations be approved as recommended by the LA Governor Appointments Panel:

Cabinet were requested to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item(s) of business identified in the recommendations to the report(s) on the grounds that it / they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exclusion paragraph of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007 relevant to the items of business set out in the report(s).

Cabinet considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the item of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in the report.

RESOLVED that the public be excluded for the following item(s) of business.

(CLOSED SESSION)

The Cabinet Member for Transformation and Performance submitted a report which sought consideration of options for the disposal of Site 16, Clase Road, Enterprise Park, Swansea.

RESOLVED that the recommendation(s) as set out in the report be approved.