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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code
of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared: - Councillor A S Lewis – Minute
No.25 – Innovative Housing Programme – To Support the Delivery of 2000 New
Affordable Homes in Wales – Cabinet Member lead on Colliers Way and Parc Yr
Helyg sites – personal. |
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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 External Funding Panel held on 4 October 2017 be signed and approved as a correct record. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The More Homes Development Manager presented a report that provided details of the Bid for Welsh Government Innovative Housing Programme – to support the delivery of 20,000 new affordable homes in Wales. Resolved that: 1) The Phase 1 bid is approved retrospectively; 2) The submission of a second funding bid for Phase 2 by the Welsh Government deadline is approved. |
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Swansea Compact Funding 2018/19. PDF 159 KB Minutes: The Partnerships
& Commissioning Officer presented a report which
sought decisions upon applications to a one-off round of funding of the Swansea
Compact Fund 2018/19. It was proposed that the three services previously procured
through the Change Fund by means of a contract, be rolled over for 6 months to
allow for continuity whilst the commissioning process was progressed. The three current procured services were
Swansea Council for Voluntary Services, Swansea Citizens Advice Bureau and
Swansea Environmental Forum. It was added that the remaining funding had been launched as an
open funding round called the Compact Fund.
All applicants had to link their applications, projects or core services
directly to the Council Corporate Plan, explaining how they contributed to one
of the five priorities. Councillors
requested that additional information be provided in
respect of each applicant for Compact Funding Resolved that: 1) Contract agreements are extended for 6 months of 2018/19 to the three existing organisations previously in receipt of a three year SLA; 2) The applications for Compact Funding are deferred to the next scheduled Panel meeting on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, in order for additional supporting information on each applicant to be provided. |
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Exclusion of the Public. PDF 113 KB Minutes: The Panel was requested to exclude the
public from the meeting during the consideration of the item of business
identified in the recommendations to the report on the grounds that it involved
the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exclusion
paragraph of 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local
Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, relevant to
the item of business as set out in the report. The Panel considered the Public Interest Test in deciding 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. It was Resolved that the public be excluded for the
following item of business. (Closed Session) |
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Overview of Current and Forthcoming European and External Funding Applications. Minutes: The External Funding Manager presented a report to provide an update on planned European and other External funding applications and provided performance updates on projects previously approved by the Panel. Resolved that: - 1)
The updates on projects outlined in Sections
2 to 5 of the report, alongside detailed project
performance information within the monthly monitoring report is noted. 2)
The
extension of the existing Workways+ Project to December 2022 is approved; 3)
The
submission of a Business Plan to WEFO to seek ESF funding to deliver the Swansea Working: Workways+ Short
Term Unemployed project is approved; 4)
Any
additional VVP grant made available by Welsh Government
to supplement the existing Property Enhancement Development Fund and Homes Above Shops schemes is approved. |