Agenda and minutes

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In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared:

Councillors M C Child, E J King and M Thomas declared personal and prejudicial interests in Minute No.53 – Local Authority Governor Appointments and left the meeting prior to discussions regarding the item commencing.

To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record.

Resolved that the Minutes of the meeting(s) listed below be approved and signed as a correct record:

1)    Cabinet held on 18 July 2019.

1)            Webcasting of Meeting

The Leader of the Council stated that as part of the ongoing works to enable the Webcasting of Council, Cabinet, Planning Committee and the Scrutiny Programme Committee; this meeting was being recorded.

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.

No questions were asked.

No questions were asked.

The Cabinet Member for Business Transformation & Performance reported on the corporate performance for 2018/19.

Resolved that: -

1)    The performance results be noted and reviewed to help inform executive decisions on resource allocation and, where relevant, corrective actions to manage and improve performance and efficiency in delivering national and local priorities.

The Cabinet Member for Economy & Strategy reported on the financial monitoring of the 2019/20 revenue and capital budgets, including the delivery of budget savings.

Resolved that: -

1)    The comments and variations in this report, and the actions in hand to address these, be noted;

2)    Directors develop and rapidly bring forward sufficiently detailed plans to assure Cabinet that service budgets can be sustainably brought back into line for 2019-20 and beyond;

3)    The consequences of continued service overspending are that no officer may consider any material further spending commitments until those savings plans are assured.

The Cabinet Member for Care, Health and Ageing Well presented a report which sought approval to enter into a partnership agreement under S33 National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (“NHSA”) with Neath Port Talbot Council and Swansea Bay University Health Board for the purposes of creating a regional pooled fund for care homes.

Resolved that: -

1)    Approval to enter into the S33 agreement be granted, and authority to vary or amend any of the provisions within the agreement, as may be required to ensure arrangements remain fit for purpose and to meet obligations under part 9 of the SSWBA, be delegated to the Director of Social Services.

The Local Authority Governors Appointment Group submitted a report, which sought approval of the nominations submitted to fill Local Authority (LA) Governor vacancies on School Governing Bodies.

Resolved that:

1)           The following nominations recommended by the Director of Education in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Education Improvement, Learning & Skills be approved:

Cabinet were requested to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item(s) of business identified in the recommendations to the report(s) on the grounds that it / they involve the likely 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 items of business set out in the report(s).

Cabinet considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether 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.

Resolved that the public be excluded for the following item(s) of business.

(Closed Session)

The Cabinet Member for Business Transformation and Performance presented a report which outlined a proposal for two proposed short-term lettings of vacant space within the Civic Centre.

Resolved that the recommendations contained in the report be approved.