Meeting documents

Cabinet Committee Equalities
Monday, 6th April, 2009 10:00

Gwasanaethau Cyfreithiol a Democrataidd

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr

Swyddfeydd Dinesig

Stryd yr Angel

PEN-Y-BONT AR OGWR

CF31 4WB

DX 151420

Pen-y-bont 6

Ffôn: 01656 643643

Gwefan: www.bridgend.gov.uk

Legal and Democratic Services

Bridgend County Borough Council

Civic Offices

Angel Street

BRIDGEND

CF31 4WB

DX 151420

Bridgend 6

Telephone: 01656 643643

Website: www.bridgend.gov.uk

Direct line / Deialu Uniongyrchol: (01656) 643147

 

Ask for / Gofynnwch am : Mr A Rees

E-mail / E-bost: andrew.rees@bridgend.gov.uk

 

Direct fax / Deialu Ffacs: (01656) 657899

Our Ref / Ein cyf: AR/BH

Your Ref / Ein cyf:

Date / Dyddiad: 31 March 2009

 

CABINET EQUALITIES COMMITTEE

 

A meeting of the Cabinet Equalities Committee will be held in Committee Room 2/3, Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend on Monday, 6 April 2009 at 10.00am.

 

AGENDA

 

1.

To receive apologies for absence (to include reasons, where appropriate) from Members/Officers.

 

2.

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers in accordance with the provisions of the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Council from

1 September 2008.

 

3.

To receive the notes of the Corporate Equalities Management Group held on 6 February 2009.

   

4.

To receive for approval the minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet Equalities Committee held on 19 February 2009

   

5.

To receive a presentation on the Equality Improvement Framework for Wales, Naomi Alleyne, Director of Equalities and Social Justice, Welsh Local Government Association.

   

6.

Officers’ Reports

 
 

(i)

Corporate Director - Communities

     
   

Disabled Facilities Grant and the Bridgend Accessible Homes Project

     
 

(ii)

Assistant Chief Executive - Corporate Development and Partnerships

     
   

(a)

Progress on the Corporate Equality Scheme

     

Appendix 1

       
   

(b)

Welsh Language Scheme Annual Monitoring Report

     
 

(iii)

Corporate Director - Resources

   

(a)

Implementation of the Customer Service Charter and the services offered by the Customer Service Centre in the context of Equalities and Diversity

     

Appendix A(i) Customer Care Leaflet (English) Customer Care Leaflet (Welsh)

       
   

(b)

Access Improvements to Council Properties for Disabled People

     

Appendix 1 Appendix 2

       
   

(c)

Equalities in the Bridgend County Borough Council Workforce

Cont……….

   

7.

To consider any other item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in accordance with Rule 4 of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

Yours sincerely

P A Jolley

Assistant Chief Executive - Legal and Regulatory Services and Monitoring Officer

Distribution:

Councillors

Councillors

Councillors

M E J Nott

A E Davies

L C Morgan

D Sage *

H J David

J C Spanswick

Invitees:

Councillors

Councillors

Councillors

Councillors

D A D Brett

C A Green

R M James

M Thomas

N Clarke

M Gregory

R D Jenkins

M Wilkins

P A Evans

P A Hacking

   

Officers: Satwant Pryce, Head of Regeneration and Development

Janet Jordan, Accessible Homes Project

David MacGregor, Assistant Chief Executive - Corporate Development and Partnerships

Linda Smith, Policy and Performance Management Officer (Equalities)

Stewart Kelly, Policy and Performance Management Officer ( Research)

Bev Davies, Customer Services Manager

Allan Phillips, Head of Property and Finance

Linda Hutton, Employee Transformation and Development Manager/Job Evaluation Project Manager