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Election of a Chair for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year. Minutes: Resolved that
Councillor D W W Thomas be elected Chair for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year. Councillor D W W Thomas (Chair) presided |
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Election of a Vice Chair for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year. Minutes: Resolved that
Councillor J E Burtonshaw be elected Vice Chair for the 2020-2021 Municipal Year. |
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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of
Conduct adopted by the City & County of Swansea no interests were declared. |
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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Minutes: Resolved that the Minutes of
the meeting of the Appeals and Awards Committee held on 5 July 2019 be signed
and approved as a correct record. |
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City and County of Swansea - Home to School Transport Policy. (For Information) PDF 121 KB Minutes: The City & County of Swansea – Home to School Transport Policy was noted. |
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Minutes: The Welsh Government - Learner Travel - Statutory Provision
and Operational Guidance.was noted. |
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Exclusion of the Public. PDF 238 KB Minutes: The
Committee was requested to exclude the public from the meeting during
consideration of the item(s) of business identified in its recommendation(s) to
the report on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the 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 item(s) of business set out in
the report. The
Committee considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude
the public from the meeting for the items of business where the Public Interest
Test was relevant as set out in the report. Resolved that the public be excluded for the following items on
the agenda. (Closed Session) |
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School Transport Appeal. Minutes: The Committee heard an appeal by the parent of ESS. The appeal was brought against the Department’s decision in relation to eligibility for free home to school transport from their home address to Bishopston Comprehensive School. The parent of ESS made verbal representations to the Committee in support of her written submissions. Officers of the Education and Transportation sections also made verbal representations in support of their written submissions. Members of the committee asked various questions of both the appellant and officers who responded accordingly. The Committee considered fully all the verbal and written submissions. Resolved that the appeal on behalf of ESS be refused. |