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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)
Councillor R V
Smith declared a Personal & Prejudicial Interest in Minute 38 “Local
Authority Governor Appointments” and stated that he had dispensation from the
Standards Committee to stay, speak but not vote on matters relating to the
Appointment of Local Authority Governors. 2)
Councillors L S
Gibbard, A S Lewis & R C Stewart declared a Personal Interest in Minute 42 “Shared
Cost AVC Pension Arrangements for LGPS Members”. 3)
Ben Smith
declared a Personal & Prejudicial Interest in Minute 42 “Shared Cost AVC
Pension Arrangements for LGPS Members” and withdraw 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
20 July 2023. |
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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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Local Authority Governor Appointments. PDF 228 KB Additional documents: Minutes: 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 & Learning be approved:
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Quarter 1 2023/24 Performance Monitoring Report. PDF 161 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Corporate Services & Performance submitted a report which detailed the corporate performance for Quarter 1 2023/24. Resolved that: 1) The Council’s performance achieving the Council’s wellbeing objectives in Q1 2023/24 be noted. 2) The use of this information to inform executive decisions on resource allocation and, where relevant, corrective actions to manage and improve performance and efficiency in delivering national and local priorities be endorsed. |
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Capital Outturn and Financing 2022/23. PDF 373 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Director of Finance/Section 151 Officer presented a
report which detailed capital outturn
and financing for the year ended 31 March 2023. Resolved that: 1)
The net underspend of the increased capital
budget of £28.8m is carried forward to 2023/2024. |
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Disabled Facilities & Improvement Grant Programme 2023/24 – Transfer of Budget. PDF 245 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member
for Service Transformation presented a report which detailed the Disabled
Facilities & Improvement Grant Programme in 2023-24 and sought approval to return
unused funding from Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) and Homefix loans budgets
to the Corporate Centre. Resolved that: 1)
The
transfer of £460,519 from DFG budget and £712,556 from Homefix loans budget to the Corporate Centre be approved. |
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Shared Cost AVC Pension Arrangement for LGPS Members. PDF 274 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Corporate Services & Performance presented a report which sought approval to introduce a shared cost AVC pension arrangement to LGPS members. Resolved that: 1) The introduction of a shared cost AVC pension arrangement for LGPS members be approved. 2) Earnings related payments such as overtime, pay increases, contractual allowances, occupational maternity pay, occupational sickness pay and redundancy are calculated on the notional salary before applying the salary sacrifice reduction be approved. 3) The inclusion of a new discretion in the Council's LGPS Employer’s Pension Discretionary Policy to permit LGPS members to participate in a Shared Cost AVC scheme be approved. 4)
Partnering
with an external provider to deliver a fully managed service covering Shared
Cost AVCs be approved. |
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Future Plans for Special Schools in Swansea. PDF 266 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Education & Learning submitted a report which sought approval to consult on amalgamating Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn and Ysgol Crug Glas into one special school in September 2025 and relocate to a new purpose-built school whilst increasing capacity from April 2028. Resolved that: 1) Approval is given to consult on amalgamating Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn and Ysgol Crug Glas into one special school in September 2025 and relocate to a new purpose-built school whilst increasing capacity from April 2028. 2) Responses following the consultation period be considered by Cabinet. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Education & Learning submitted an update report on the progression of Band B of the Sustainable Communities for Learning Strategic Outline Programme, the financial and inflationary pressures impacting the remainder of the programme and endorse an uplift to the programme envelope. Resolved that: 1) The remaining capital investment priorities for Band B of the QEd / Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme are noted. 2)
The local funding contribution is increased by £9m to £46.7m, based on a solely capital
contribution. 3) Either a change request is submitted to Welsh Government seeking an uplift in the Band B programme envelope to £176m or depending upon the timing and progression of business cases, this will form part of the revised Strategic Outline Programme submission. |
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Welsh Government Bus Transition Fund. PDF 240 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Member for Environment & Infrastructure presented a report which sought approval, in retrospect, of the Council entering into Welsh Government Bus Transition Fund agreements and the entering into agreements with multiple bus operators in the region. Resolved that: 1)
The
decision of the Leader of the Council on 24 July 2023 authorising the Council
to enter into the Welsh Government’s Bus Transition Fund (BTF) agreements be
endorsed and approved. 2)
The
Council as regional lead authority has entered into BTF agreements with
relevant bus operators, to secure (conditional) financial support for the bus
sector and to establish a relationship with their constituent local authorities
that ensures that the ongoing funding meets those authorities’ priorities and
is delivered on their behalf. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Members for Corporate Services & Performance and Investment, Regeneration, Events & Tourism presented a joint report which provided several landowner options to Cabinet regarding 254 – 260 Oxford Street to facilitate the redevelopment of the block, including the refurbishment of ground commercial units and repurposing of upper floor accommodation into residential units. Resolved that: 1)
The
Council deviate from the current policy of retaining freehold interests in the
city centre and the disposal of the freehold interest be approved. 2)
The
Section 151 Officer be authorised to make an appropriate amendment to the
revenue budget to offset the loss of annual income with this pressure reflected
as part of the budget process in 2024/25. 3)
A
further report be prepared for Cabinet consideration on the policy of freehold
retentions / disposals in the City Centre. 4)
No
further freehold disposals will be considered until the policy review is
presented in line with recommendation 5 alongside a future report on a review
of the City Centre Strategy. |
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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: No questions were asked. |
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Proposed Freehold Sale or Lease Restructure of 254 – 260 Oxford Street In Order To Facilitate Refurbishment of Ground Commercial Units and Repurposing of Upper Floor Accommodation Into Residential Units. Minutes: The Cabinet Members for Corporate Services & Performance and Investment, Regeneration, Events & Tourism presented a joint ‘for information’ report which provided a number of landowner options to Cabinet regarding 254 – 260 Oxford Street in order to facilitate the redevelopment of the block, including the refurbishment of ground commercial units and repurposing of upper floor accommodation into residential units. |
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Swansea Central Phase 1 Land Disposal. Minutes: This item was withdrawn. |