Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor A S Lewis and C Richards.

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

1)       Councillor J E C Harris declared a Personal Interest in Minute 127 “Local Authority Governor Appointments”.

To approve and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the meeting of the previous meeting.

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

1)       Cabinet held on 19 November 2015.

The Leader of the Council made no announcements.

A number of questions in relation to Minute 129 “Sustainable Swansea - Fit for the Future: Budget Proposals 2016-2017 to 2017-2018” were asked.

No questions were asked.

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:

The Cabinet Member for Enterprise, Development and Regeneration presented a report which outlined the representations received during the consultation on the Ffynone and Uplands Conservation Area Review.  It also sought agreement of the proposed amendments to the draft guide and that it be adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG).

RESOLVED that:

1)       The amendments to the Ffynone and Uplands Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan as set out at Appendix A of the report be noted;

2)       The Ffynone and Uplands Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan be referred to Planning Committee for:

i)        Adoption as Supplementary Planning Guidance;

ii)       Approval of enlarged Conservation Area Boundary as set out in Appendix D of the report;

iii)       Agreement to serve draft Article 4 Direction to remove Permitted Development Rights for selected properties as shown in Appendix E of the report and to protect all boundary walls.

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy presented a report which considered budget proposals for 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 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 as the basis of consultation be approved;

2)       The approach to consultation and engagement 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 10^th February 2016.

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy presented a report which outlined financial monitoring of the 2015-2016 revenue and capital budgets, including the delivery of budget savings.

RESOLVED that:

1)       The comments and variations in the report and the actions in hand to address them be noted.

The Cabinet Member for Transformation and Performance presented the report of the Cabinet Member for Next Generation Services which sought approval to amend the 2015-2016 Disabled Facilities and Improvement Grant programme.

RESOLVED that:

1)       The amendments to the 2015-2016 Disabled Facilities and Improvement Grant Programme detailed in the report be approved.

The Cabinet Member for Education presented the report of the Cabinet Member for Services to Children and Young People which approval to establish a revised offer for the City’s most vulnerable Post 16 learners using a Council contribution as the funding source.

RESOLVED that:

1)       The proposal for the model be approved;

2)       Officers be authorised to progress with staff and appropriate stakeholder consultation.

The Cabinet Member for Transformation and Performance presented a report which outlined the Corporate and Service Performance for Quarter 2 of 2015-2016.

RESOLVED that:

1)       Performance be 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.

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 Enterprise, Development and Regeneration submitted a report in relation to the Workways+ project.

RESOLVED that:

1)       The recommendations as set out in the report be approved.