Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Gloucester Room, Guildhall / MS Teams. View directions
Contact: Scrutiny Officer 01792 636292
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests Minutes: There were no disclosures of
Personal and Prejudicial Interests. |
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Prohibition of Whipped Votes and Declaration of Party Whips Minutes: None |
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To receive the minutes of the previous meeting(s) and agree as an accurate record. Minutes: Minutes of previous meeting were
agreed. |
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Public Questions Questions can be submitted in writing to Scrutiny scrutiny@swansea.gov.uk up until noon on the working
day prior to the meeting. Written questions take precedence. Public may attend
and ask questions in person if time allows. Questions must relate to items on
the open part of the agenda and will be dealt with in a 10 minute period. Minutes: There were no public questions
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Review of Revenue Reserves PDF 1 MB Invited
to attend: Ben Smith – Director of
Finance / S.151 Officer Cllr Rob Stewart - Cabinet Member for
Economy, Finance and Strategy Additional documents: Minutes: Ben Smith the Director of Finance
and Section 151 Officer attended to give an overview of the Revenue Reserves.
He talked through the following issues:
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Annual Review of Performance 2021/22 PDF 306 KB Invited
to attend: Richard Rowlands – Strategic
Delivery & Performance Manager Cllr David Hopkins – Cabinet Member for
Corporate Services & Performance Additional documents:
Minutes: Cllr David Hopkins, Cabinet
Member for Corporate Services and Performance and Richard Rowlands Corporate
Performance Manager presented the report. It was noted that:
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Welsh Public Library Standards Annual Performance Report PDF 331 KB Invited
to attend: Karen Gibbins – Library
Services Manager/Karen Davies – Principal Librarian Cllr Elliott King – Cabinet Member
Culture and Equalities Additional documents:
Minutes: Cllr Elliot King,
Cabinet Member for Equalities and Culture, Karen Gibbins, Library Services
Manager gave an overview of the Report. Karen Davies, Principal Librarian was
also in attendance. They talked through the following: ·
The
reporting period of 2020/2021 covers the pandemic time when libraries were
temporarily closed. Despite this all 12 entitlements were still met during this
time. ·
eBooks saw a huge
increase due to an investment of £500,000 investment in ebook
titles.
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Swansea
remains in the bottom quartile in libraries for qualified staff. ·
Apprenticeship
schemes and external funding are utilised where possible to support staff
development. ·
Providing
access to free broadband and Wi-Fi in public libraries was essential during the
pandemic. |
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Welsh Housing Quality Standards Annual Update PDF 466 KB Invited
to attend: Carol
Morgan – Head of Housing and Public Health Cllr Andrea Lewis, Cabinet Member for Transformation Additional documents: Minutes: Cllr Andrea Lewis, Cabinet Member for Service
Transformation, Dave Meyrick, Programme Planning and Delivery Manager presented
the update with Carol Morgan, Head of Housing
and Public Health and Dave Bratley, Housing Asset Manager also in attendance. It
was noted that:
Further information about the new standards will be received in due course from Welsh Government. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: No comments were made on the
attached letters to Cabinet Members. |
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Minutes: No comments were made on the Work Plan |
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