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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: 1)
Councillors R
Francis-Davies & R V Smith declared a Personal & Prejudicial Interest
in Minute 52 “Leisure Partnerships Financial Support 2022/2023” and withdrew
from the meeting prior to its consideration. |
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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 meeting(s) listed below be approved and signed as a
correct record: 1)
Cabinet held on
21 July 2022. |
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Announcements of the Leader of the Council. Minutes: The Leader of Council made no announcements. |
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Public Question Time. Questions can be submitted in writing to Democratic
Services democracy@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
within a 10 minute period. Minutes: No questions were asked. |
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Councillors' Question Time. Minutes: No questions were asked. |
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Revenue and Capital Budget Monitoring 1st Quarter 2022/23. PDF 473 KB Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Economy, Finance & Strategy
submitted a report that outlined the financial monitoring of the 2022/23
revenue and capital budgets, including the delivery of budget savings. Resolved that: 1)
The comments and
variations, including the material uncertainties, set out in the report and the
actions in hand to seek to address these be noted. 2)
The virements set
out in paragraph 2.7 of the report and the use of the Contingency fund as set
out in 3.2 of the report be approved subject to any further advice from the
S.151 officer during the year. 3)
The need for all
Directors to continue to minimise service spending in year be reinforced,
recognising that the budget overall is currently balanced only by relying on
future likely (but far from wholly assured) reimbursement from Welsh
Government, centrally held contingency budgets and reserves, but equally
recognising that the overspending is almost exclusively due to the expected
unfunded much higher local government pay award and ongoing Covid pressures. 4)
The indicative overspend in Paragraph 4.1 of the report with further
actions to be confirmed in subsequent quarters once it is clearer as to level
of residual Covid reimbursement and the likely final cost of the pay award
pending be noted. |
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Swansea Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2022. PDF 332 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Community Support submitted a report
that sought to approve the findings of the 2022 Childcare Sufficiency
Assessment (CSA). The Assessment forms a
statutory duty on local authorities to ‘secure sufficient childcare to meet the
needs of working parents’, therefore it relates to compliance with a statutory
responsibility. Resolved that: 1)
The Childcare
Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) attached at Appendix A of the report be approved. 2)
The identified
Actions in Section 4 of the report to develop an Action Plan to address areas
for development identified in the CSA be supported. |
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Welsh Government Housing Support Grant Procurement Plan 2022 – 2025. PDF 351 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Care Services & the Cabinet Member for Service Transformation jointly submitted a report that detailed the procurement plan for Housing Support Grant funded services. It confirmed the timescale for re-procuring all services and sought approval to issue contract extensions to ensure continuity of essential services. Resolved that: 1)
The extension of the timescales approved in the Cabinet report on the 20 May 2021 by one year be approved. Contract
periods and the proposed re-procurement timescales are detailed in Appendix 1
of the report. |
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Housing Support Programme Strategy 2022-2026. PDF 252 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Care Services &
the Cabinet Member for Service Transformation jointly submitted a report that
sought approval for the Housing Support Programme Strategy and Action Plan
2022-2026. Resolved that: 1)
The Housing Support Programme Strategy and
Action Plan be approved. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Service
Transformation submitted a report to comply with Financial Procedure Rule 7
“Capital Programming and Appraisals” to commit and authorise schemes in the
Capital programme and sought retrospective approval for two Welsh Government
grant applications. The Transitional Accommodation Capital
Programme (TACP) funding has been announced by Welsh Government to address the
pressures in temporary accommodation and the Ukraine crisis. The scheme will
fund works to bring void properties back into use more quickly, as well as the
conversion of 3 buildings to residential accommodation for social rent. The
Welsh Building Safety Funding was secured to provide sprinkler systems to the
two high rise blocks of flats at Griffith John Street. This will commit the
schemes to the capital programme in line with the Council’s Financial Procedure
Rules. Resolved that: 1)
The Transitional Accommodation Capital Programme (TACP) bids set
out in Section 2 of the report be approved. 2)
The Welsh Building
Safety Fund set
out in Section 3 of the report be approved. 3)
Authority be delegated to the Interim Director of Place, the Chief Legal
Officer, and Chief Finance Officer to enter into any agreements necessary to
ensure the delivery of the projects and to protect the Council’s interests. 4)
Authority be
delegated to the Interim Director of Place and the Chief Finance Officer to
recover all expenditure associated with the delivery of the projects from Welsh
Government. 5)
Any further decisions relating to the funding
above will be delegated to the Interim Director of Place and the Cabinet Member
for Service Transformation, and schemes are detailed and approved via the
annual HRA Capital Budget report. |
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Disabled Facilities & Improvement Grant Programme – Transfer of Budget 2022/23. PDF 251 KB Minutes: The Cabinet Member
for Service Transformation submitted a report providing details of Disabled
Facilities & Improvement Grant Programme in 2022-23 and sought approval to vire budget from Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) to the
Council’s Minor Adaptations Grant and Homefix loans
budget to the Council’s Capital General Fund. The report aimed to comply with
Financial Procedure Rule 7 “Capital Programming and Appraisals” - to commit and
authorise schemes as per the Capital Programme. Resolved that: 1)
The transfer of £230,000 from Disabled
Facilities Grants (DSG) budget to Minor Adaptations Grant budget be approved. 2)
The transfer of
£500,000 from Homefix loans budget to the Council’s
Capital General Fund be approved. |
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Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Grant Programmes 2022-2025. PDF 244 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Corporate Service
& Performance submitted a report that sought approval to accept
grant programmes from Welsh Government, totalling £1,025,000 in accordance with
Financial Procedure Rule 5.7. Resolved that: 1)
The acceptance of the grant programmes set out
in Paragraph 1.2 of the report in the sum of £1,025,000 be approved to enable
the projects to be developed and delivered within a three-year programme
2022-2025. |
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Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Annual Letter 2021-22. PDF 286 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Service
Transformation submitted an information report presenting the Public Services
Ombudsman for Wales Annual Letter 2021-22 for the City & County of Swansea. |
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West Glamorgan Regional Market Stability Report 2022. PDF 288 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Care Services
submitted a report that sought approval of the Regional Market Stability
report, which is a tool to assist the Regional Partnership Board in planning
and commissioning quality care and support for their populations. Resolved that: 1)
The fact that the Regional Partnership Board
approved the regional market stability report on 7 July 2022 be noted. 2)
The Regional Market Stability report attached at
Appendix A of the report be approved and recommended to Council for approval. |
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Leisure Partnerships Financial Support 2022/2023. PDF 294 KB Additional documents: Minutes: |
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FPR7 Report - Hafod Copperworks Powerhouse Redevelopment Project Update Report. PDF 247 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Investment,
Regeneration & Tourism submitted a report that sought to comply with
Financial Procedure Rule 7 “Capital Programming & Appraisals) to commit and
authorise schemes in the Capital Programme. Resolved that: 1)
The
Financial Implications set out in Paragraph 4 of the report be approved and the
additional funding be authorised to be added to the approved scheme. 2)
Authority be delegated to the Interim
Director of Place in consultation with the Director of Finance and Chief Legal
Officer to approve a final construction cost for the project. |
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Contract for Mumbles Coastal Protection Project. PDF 456 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Environment &
Infrastructure submitted a report that sought approval for the award of
the construction contract for the Mumbles Coastal
Protection project following a mini competition from the South
West Wales Regional Civil Engineering Framework and to approve in
principle a funding agreement between Swansea Council & Welsh Government. Resolved that: 1)
The offer of
funding as made be approved, but the Director of Finance enter into negotiations with Welsh Government to ensure that
funding is secured and assured in the best possible form given current funding
and financial market uncertainty. 2)
The construction cost for the scheme be approved
and the scheme and its revised costs be added to the Council’s capital
programme. 3)
The award of the construction contract for the
Mumbles Coastal Protection project to the tenderer detailed in Sections 4 and 5
of this report be approved. 4)
Authority be
delegated to the Head of Highways and Transportation and the Chief Legal
Officer to enter into the legal documents necessary to
progress the project. |
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Exclusion of the Public. PDF 237 KB Minutes: 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) |
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Councillors' Question Time. Minutes: Councillor C L Philpott asked questions relating to Minute 60 “Olchfa Land Sale Negotiations”. Councillor C A Holley asked questions relating to Minute 59 “Contract for Mumbles Coastal Protection Project”. |
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Leisure Partnerships Financial Support 2022/2023. Minutes: This item was deferred. |
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FPR7 Report - Hafod Copperworks Powerhouse Redevelopment Project Update Report. Minutes: The Cabinet Member
for Investment, Regeneration & Tourism submitted a report that provided
additional information. |
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Contract for Mumbles Coastal Protection Project. Minutes: The Cabinet Member
for Environment & Infrastructure submitted a report that provided
additional information. |
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Olchfa Land Sale Negotiations. Minutes: The Cabinet Member
for Corporate Service & Performance submitted a report that sought to determine
whether a reduced offer should be accepted based upon the developers estimated
development costs. Resolved that the
recommendations as detailed in the report be approved. |