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Contact: Scrutiny Officer - 01792 636292
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Disclosures 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 the 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 received. |
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Audit Wales Report - Setting of Wellbeing Objectives PDF 162 KB Cllr David Hopkins – Cabinet Member for Corporate Services & Performance Lee Wenham – Head of Communications and Marketing Richard Rowlands – Strategic Delivery & Performance Manager Audit Wales Officers Additional documents:
Minutes: Jeff Brown attended to present the report from Audit Wales
and Richard Rowlands gave feedback on the Council response to the report. The
following was noted – • This report is part of a rolling
programme where the Auditor General must assess the extent to which bodies have
acted in accordance with the sustainable development principle in setting their
well-being objectives. • Audit Wales stated that Swansea Council
has applied the sustainable development principle in setting its well-being
objectives and embedding its approach to engagement and performance monitoring
will further strengthen this. • Audit Wales provided examples of good
practice and areas of improvement from Swansea Council as a summary of the
report. • Whilst the report reflects that the
Swansea Councils consultation did not reflect the full diversity of the
population, there was reflection that public consultation can be challenging
and there is currently no existing benchmarks for
public consultation. • The Council was pleased with the report. It recognises the suggested areas for improvement and has made progress in these. Engagement methods are currently being increased and expanded and performance measures have recently been reviewed however a national outcomes framework would be beneficial. |
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Welsh Public Library Standards Annual Performance Report PDF 119 KB Cllr Elliott King – Cabinet Member Equalities, Human Rights and Culture Karen Gibbins – Library Services Manager Bethan Lee – Principal Librarian Additional documents:
Minutes: Cllr Elliott King introduced the Annual Report with Karen
Gibbin and Bethan Lee. The following was noted-
• The Panel were presented with the Welsh
Public Library Standards, Welsh Government assessment for Swansea Libraries for
2021-22 and the library service submission for 2022-23. • Swansea libraries are still recovering
from affects of the Covid pandemic and have not yet
reached pre covid levels of usage, however usage is increasing. • Swansea reinstated library fines in
April 23 due to a revenue budget income target for overdue book fines. • Library services highlighted the
following, work with the Good Things Foundation, the Education Programme for
Patients, an increase in Wi-Fi usage over PC usage, printing services,
reservation services, warm spaces initiative, work with schools and an increase
in bilingual services and resources in other languages. • The Central library will be moving to Y
Storfa will be aided by a Welsh Government Grant for
£300,000 covering new shelving and digital equipment. • A building conditions audit has been carried out and that work is being considered as part of the wider mapping process around the Community hubs model. |
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Minutes: The work plan was noted. |
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Additional documents: |
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Letter to Cabinet Member - Corporate Services and Performance PDF 120 KB |
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Letter to Cabinet Member - Equalities, Human Rights and Culture PDF 136 KB |
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Cabinet Member Response - Equalities, Human Rights and Culture PDF 142 KB |