To receive apologies for absence from Members / Officers for the reasons so stated.

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.

To receive for approval the Minutes of the meeting of Cabinet of 14 July 2015.

To present Cabinet with the recommendations of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee in response to their consideration of the subject of Rationalisation of Learner Transport.

To provide Cabinet with an update on the Council’s financial position as at 30^th June 2015.

To inform Cabinet of the proposal to lease Raven’s Court.

To update Cabinet on the Internal Audit Shared Service with the Vale of Glamorgan Council and propose an extension to the Partnership Arrangement until the 31^st January 2018.

                  To present to Cabinet the outcome of consultation conducted on proposals for changes to the current management and caretaking arrangements for sports pavilions, and to seek Cabinet approval for the implementation of changes to the current management and caretaking arrangements for sports pavilions in light of the outcomes of consultation.

To seek Cabinet approval to proceed with the transfer of cultural services to Awen Cultural Trust from 1^st October 2015.

To seek approval from Cabinet to deliver a joint project with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) funded through European Social Fund (ESF) to support adult and youth employment.   This has been developed as a national project for all Communities First Clusters by Welsh Government.  Approval is sought subject to the satisfaction of conditions identified within the report.

To seek Cabinet approval to amend the Private Sector Housing Renewal and Disabled Adaptations Policy to amend two existing grants, and to include a new grant – the Home Security Grant to assist people suffering from domestic abuse.

To seek approval from Cabinet for the revised Instrument of Government for Mynydd Cynffig Primary School Governing Body.

To report on the results of the consultation exercise initiated by Cabinet together with the accompanying Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) regarding the proposed change to the Council’s Learner Travel policy, to assist Cabinet in determining whether or not it will progress with the proposals, and if implemented how the proposal would contribute to the overall saving to the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy to 2018/19.

To inform Cabinet of the outcome of the consultation on the proposal to close one moderate learning difficulties (MLD) Learning Resource Centre at Pencoed Primary School and of the intention to carry out a period of monitoring which will consider the uptake of placements for September 2016.

To inform Cabinet of the statutory objections received by the Authority during the objections period in respect of the proposal to make a regulated alteration to Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Cwm Garw by relocating the school to a new school building on the Betws Primary School site, to request a determination on the proposal and to seek Cabinet’s approval to publish the draft ‘Objections Report’ on BCBC’s website.    

To inform Cabinet of the outcome of a Public Notice on the proposal to relocate Brynmenyn Primary School to land adjacent to Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen and make a regulated alteration in the form of an enlargement.

To update Cabinet on the work of the schools task group, and to seek approval to appoint a strategic partner to support the development of a Strategy that will provide an evidence based rationale for change and will form a basis in order to reach informed conclusions about the nature of provision of primary, secondary and post 16 education and the need to add, remove or relocate school places.

To seek approval from Cabinet for the appointment of Local Authority Governors to school governing bodies. 

To seek approval for the monitoring report to be submitted to the Welsh Government and to seek approval for the reviewed targets for 2015-16.

To seek Cabinet approval for a series of amendments which have been made to the Schemes of Delegation of Functions relating to their functions within the scheme.

To seek Cabinet approval to make amendments to the calendar of its meetings to align them with revised budget schedule.

To inform Cabinet of the Information Reports which have been published since its last scheduled meeting.

To consider any items of business that by reason of special circumstances the chairperson is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency in accordance with paragraph 2.4 (e) of the Cabinet Procedure Rules within the Constitution.

The minutes and reports relating to the following items are not for publication as they

contain exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 14 and 16 of Part 4 and Paragraph 21 of Part 5, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007.

If following the application of the public interest test Cabinet resolves pursuant to the Act to consider these items in private, the public will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration.

To receive for approval the exempt minutes of the meeting of Cabinet of 14 July 2015.