Agenda and minutes

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In accordance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, no interests were declared.

1)            Sonia Hansford, Retirement

The Leader of the Council stated that Sonia Hansford, Personal Assistant to the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council would be retiring at the end of December 2016.  On behalf of the Council he thanked Sonia Hansford for her 42 years’ excellent service with the Authority.

2)            Mike Hawes, Retirement

The Leader of the Council stated that Mike Hawes, Director of Corporate Services would be retiring in May 2017.  He thanked Mike Hawes for his excellent service with the Authority.

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

A number of questions in relation to Minute 96 “Sustainable Swansea - Fit for the Future: Budget Proposals 2016-2017 to 2017-2018” were asked.

All questions were responded to by the Leader of the Council.

Councillor M H Jones asked a question in relation to Minute 96 “Sustainable Swansea - Fit for the Future: Budget Proposals 2016-2017 to 2017-2018”.

The Leader of the Council responded.

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy presented a report which considered budget proposals for 2017-2018 to 2019-2020 as part of the Council’s Budget Strategy Sustainable Swansea - Fit for the Future.

RESOLVED that:

1)        The Budget proposals summarised in the report and detailed in Appendix A and Appendix C of the report be approved as the basis of consultation including an increase totalling £1.8 m in the Schools Delegated Budget;

2)        The approach to consult and engage with staff, trade unions, residents, partners and other interested parties set out in Section 7 of the report be agreed;

3)        A report on the outcome of the consultation and final budget proposals be presented to Cabinet on 9 February 2017;

4)        The final budget proposals will include a commitment to remove child burial fees.