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Condolences. Minutes: The Chair referred with sadness to the recent death of Haydn Tanner, husband of Councillor Gloria Tanner. |
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Disclosures of Personal & Prejudicial Interest. Minutes: In accordance with the Code
of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interest
was declared: Councillor
C A Holley - personal - Minute No. 105 – Daughter works for Social Services. |
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Prohibition of Whipped Votes and Declaration of Party Whips. Minutes: In accordance with the Local
Government (Wales) Measure 2011, no declarations of Whipped Votes or Party
Whips were declared. |
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To approve and sign the
Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Additional documents: Minutes: Resolved that the
Minutes of the Special Scrutiny Programme Committee held on 8 January 2020 and
the Minutes of the Scrutiny Programme Committee held on the 13 January 2020 be
approved and signed as correct records. |
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Public Question Time. Questions must
relate to matters on the open part of the Agenda of the meeting and will be
dealt with in a 10 minute period. Minutes: The following question was received from a member of the
public in respect of Street Lighting
on Fabian Way: Fabian Way is a major road artery into the
city and the first impression many visitors coming into the city from the east
will get. Hopefully, with the redevelopment of the city the number of visitors
will increase. The number of pedestrians and cyclists using the mandatory
pavement/cycle path has also increased dramatically since the university campus
was built. Sadly, there have also been a number of road traffic accidents on
this road, some including fatalities. In a recent survey, I counted almost 60%
of lights were not working and as well as creating a poor first impression for
visitors I believe there is a significant safety issue for pedestrians,
cyclists and drivers from this poor illumination. Will you therefore please: 1. Investigate the number of
inoperative street lights on Fabian Way between the junction with Crumlin
Borrows and the junction with Wind Street? 2. Review the decision to
switch off alternate "columns" on this stretch of road? The Cabinet Member confirmed that on investigation of incidents, which involved people, over the last 3 years, none of the incidents had been attributed to lack of light or poor lighting. The Cabinet Member confirmed that he had requested an assessment on street lighting in the area concerned and would provide a written response to the question, once the assessment had been completed. |
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Cabinet Member Question Session: PDF 288 KB a) Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure Management (Councillor Mark Thomas). b) Cabinet Member for Care Health & Ageing Well (Councillor Mark Child). Additional documents:
Minutes: a)
Cabinet
Member for Care, Health & Ageing Well The Cabinet Member for Care, Health & Ageing Well,
supported by the Head of Adult Services, presented a report on the key
headlines of his Portfolio. A verbal address was provided further to the written
report circulated specifically highlighting the ongoing budgetary pressures and
hard work that had taken place in respect of balancing the budget.
Questions and Discussions focussed on the following: - · Preparedness and resilience for the volatility of care homes in the private sector · Diversity and range of care home providers · Improvement of career paths and status of carers · Community-based approach to care provision – examples such as Somerset, Solva and Raglan in Monmouth · 5% inflationary rise in costs · Assessment of affordability and caps on amounts payable · The work of the Public Service Board and whether it is adding value to areas of the portfolio – appropriate footprints · Pontarddulais Comprehensive School awarded Dementia Friendly School – looking to roll out to more schools across Swansea · Local Area Co-ordination · Hospital to Home – impact of new approach to assessments on service users and tackling bed blocking · Impact of the new approach to assessments on resources particularly occupational therapists and timescales for adaptations · Co-ordination and arrangements for Additional Learning Needs – overarching co-ordination and transition from child to adulthood · Governance and scrutiny of the West Glamorgan Regional Partnership Board · Lifetime homes – greater diversity of homes The Chair reported that a question had been received from a member of the public in relation to care plans, health & safety documents and manual handling training not being in place. The Cabinet Member undertook to provide a written response to the question from the member of the public as well as provide clarity to the Committee on the governance and scrutiny of the West Glamorgan Regional Partnership Board. Resolved that:- 1) The Cabinet Member provides a written response to the public question received; and 2) The Chair of the Scrutiny Programme Committee write to the Cabinet Member, reflecting the discussion and sharing the views of the Committee. b)
Cabinet Member for Environment &
Infrastructure Management. The Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure
Management presented a report on the key headlines of his portfolio. Questions and discussions with the Cabinet Member focussed on the following: Highways &
Infrastructure ·
Illumination
level control lighting on the Kingsway project ·
Update
and timescales for the proposed Cycleway from Grovesend to Pontarddulais ·
Parking
policy and control – specifically pavement parking ·
Members
highway schemes – staff pressures and resources Public protection
and Services ·
Tethered
horses – update and monitoring Environment ·
Impact
of wood recycling moving from Clyne Recycling Centre – effect on fly tipping,
burning wood, driving to Llansamlet Recycling Centre ·
Equipment
and Monitoring of Air Quality ·
Air
quality – involvement and engagement when producing the Air Quality Action Plan ·
Air
Quality around schools – Public Health Wales parameters of Air Pollution ·
Effect
of Hafod By-Pass – reduction in use of alternate route
and reduction of emissions ·
Anticipated
effect from nuclear waste dumping at Cardiff Bay – remit of Natural Resources
Wales Transport ·
Provision
and standard of public transport - concerns over reduction of bus routes being
offered ·
Parking
Machines – new parking machines had been installed in the city centre multi
storey car parks – new machines on surface car parks machines to be rolled out ·
Tourer
Park Foreshore and Beach
Maintenance ·
Continued
updates and scrutiny on proposals for the promenade in conjunction with the
flood defence scheme Resolved that the Chair of Scrutiny Programme Committee write to the Cabinet Member, reflecting the discussion and sharing the views of the Committee. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Peter Black, Convener of the Adult Services Scrutiny Performance Panel, provided an update on the work of the panel to date. Further to the written report provided, he highlighted that the monitoring of Carers Assessments would be ongoing. Resolved that the update be noted. |
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Membership of Scrutiny Panels and Working Groups. PDF 228 KB Minutes: The Chair reported that there were no amendments to the membership of Scrutiny Panels or Working Groups. |
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Scrutiny Dispatches - Quarterly Impact Report. PDF 228 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair presented a report on ‘Scrutiny Dispatches –
Quarterly Impact Report’. Resolved that the content of the draft Scrutiny Dispatches be approved and presented to Council. |
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Scrutiny Work Programme 2019/20. PDF 262 KB Discussion on: a) Committee Work
Plan. b) Opportunities
for Pre-Decision Scrutiny. c) Progress with Scrutiny Panels and Working Groups. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chair presented the Scrutiny Work Programme for 2019/20
for information. |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chair presented a report on “Scrutiny Letters” for
information. The Scrutiny Letters report was noted. |
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Audit Committee Work Plan (For Information). PDF 170 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair provided the Audit Committee Work Plan for
information and noted that she was due to attend the Audit Committee on 11
February 2020 to talk about the scrutiny work programme. The Audit Committee Work Plan was noted. |
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Date and Time of Upcoming Panel / Working Group Meetings. PDF 183 KB Minutes: The dates and times of upcoming Panel / Working Group Meetings were noted. |
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Letter to Cabinet Member for Care, Health & Ageing Well - Q & A Session PDF 311 KB |
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Letter to Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure Management - Q & A Session PDF 234 KB |