Agenda and minutes

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 8 February, 2018; and

2)     Cabinet held on 15 February, 2018.

www.swansea.gov.uk/disclosuresofinterests

In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City & County of Swansea, the following interest(s) were declared:

Councillors M C Child, W Evans, R Francis-Davies, M Sherwood, R Stewart and M Thomas – Personal – Minute No. 156 – “Local Authority Governor Appointments”.

Councillors A S Lewis and J A Raynor – Personal & Prejudicial – Minute No. 156 – “Local Authority Governor Appointments” and withdrew from the meeting prior to its consideration.

Councillor J A Raynor – Personal – Minute Nos. 159 & 161 – “Disposal of Surplus Land at Olchfa Comprehensive School”.

The Leader of Council 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.

The Cabinet Members for Stronger Communities & Housing, Energy & Building Services submitted a report which provided an overview of the new Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Resolved that:

1)    The Corporate Directors for People, Place and Resources have delegated authority to exercise, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, the new powers available to the Council to tackle anti-social behaviour as set out in the report;

2)    The Corporate Directors for People, Place and Resources have delegated authority, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Stronger Communities, to commence proceedings for civic injunctions, issue Community Protection Notices, create Public Space Protection Orders and issue closure orders for 24 hours together with authority to issue Fixed Penalty Notices under Part 4, Chapter 1 of Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014; and

3)    The Head of Legal, Democratic Services and Business Intelligence be authorised to make applications for any necessary extension of the closure order for 24 hours or to make applications for the grant of an order for a 48 hour period.

The Chair of the Poverty Reduction Policy Development & Delivery Committee presented a report which sought to approve the recommendations to strengthen the Childcare Offer.

Resolved that:

1)    A letter is written to the Welsh Government to: (i) Request flexibility to the eligibility criteria of the Offer (ii) seek assurance that the Offer will be long term; and

2)    A co-ordinated approach be developed to employability (through the Poverty Partnership Forum) so that parents of young children are prioritised in order to be in a position to benefit from the Childcare Offer.

The Cabinet Member for Service Transformation & Business Operations submitted a report which detailed the Corporate Performance for Quarter 3 2017/18.

Resolved that:

1)    The performance results are noted and reviewed to help inform executive decisions on resource allocation and, where relevant, corrective actions to manage and improve performance and efficiency in delivering national and local priorities.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing submitted a report which sought approval of the Western Bay Area Plan (2018-2023) and the Action Plan (2018/19).

Resolved that:

1)    The Western Bay Area Plan and Action Plan be approved;

2)    The Chief Social Services Officer be authorised to publish a link to the Area Plan and Action Plan on the Council’s website; and

3)    The Director of People be authorised to submit the Area Plan and Action Plan to the Welsh Ministers on behalf of the three local authorities and the health board in the Western bay region, countersigned by the Leader of Council and the Leaders of Bridgend CBC and Neath Port Talbot CBC and the Chair of the AMBU Health Board.

The Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing submitted a report which set out the Prevention Strategy and associated Delivery Plan for approval following extended consultation.

Resolved that:

1)    The Prevention Strategy and associated Delivery Plan be approved.

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 Health & Wellbeing presented the business case for implementing the Welsh Community Care Information System (WCCIS) within Swansea Council. 

Resolved that the recommendations as detailed in the report be approved.

The Leader of Council on behalf of the Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning presented a report which sought approval of the nominations submitted to fill Local Authority Governor vacancies in School Governing Bodies.

Resolved that the nominations listed below be approved:

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Energy & Building Services presented a report which sought agreement for the schemes to be funded through the Capital Maintenance Programme.

Resolved that:

1)    The proposed capital maintenance schemes listed in Appendix A (to the report) be approved; and

2)    The financial implications identified in Appendix B and C (to the report) be included in the capital programme.

The Cabinet Member for Environmental Services presented a report which sought confirmation of the Capital Work Programme for highway infrastructure assets.

Resolved that:

1)    The proposed allocations, together with the Financial Implications set out Appendix A (to be report), be approved and included in the Capital Programme; and

2)    Authority be delegated to the Head of Service for Highways and Transportation in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Environment to prioritise, finalise and allocate funding to those schemes not specifically referred to in the report.

The Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, submitted a report which detailed the responses to the consultation carried out in accordance with the Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2015 in the relation to the proposed disposal as outlined in the report.

The Cabinet Member stated that a file containing all the correspondence in relation to the consultation carried out had been placed in the Cabinet Office for all Cabinet Members to observe.

Resolved that:

1)    The responses/objections to the proposed disposal be considered and noted;

2)    The site as indicated on the plans being approximately 7.8 acres (31,566m2) is surplus to requirements, subject to the provision of an artificial games surface being funded from the proceeds of the sale; and

3)    Authority be delegated to the Director of Place to proceed with the disposal by marketing the land identified and to report back to Cabinet in due course upon completion of that exercise.

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 Children, Education & Life Long Learning, presented a ‘for information’ report regarding the site valuation and financial information in regard to the disposal of surplus land at Olchfa Comprehensive School (Minute 159 above).

It was noted that Appendix B referred to in the report was contained in Minute No. 159 (Revised layout including a full size 3G pitch).