To receive apologies for absence from Members.

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 the Cabinet of 4 October 2016.

To present Cabinet with the recommendations of the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee resulting from their deliberations and monitoring of the Budget 2016-17, Quarter 1.

To provide Cabinet with an update on the Council’s financial position as at 30th September 2016.

To seek Cabinet approval to amend the Private Sector Housing Renewal and Disabled Adaptations Policy to reflect the new Corporate Priorities, to provide assistance to Registered Social Landlords and Charitable Housing Organisations to work in partnership with the Council to address housing need, and to maximise participation in Homes in Towns Grants.

To seek Cabinet approval to accept the contract sum provided by BAM Construction Ltd for the construction of Brynmenyn Primary School and approve the awarding of the contract, subject to Welsh Government funding approval.

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

To inform Cabinet of the proposed appointment of a preferred bidder under the Council’s waste services procurement and subject to satisfactory completion of the legal processes formally enter into a contract with the preferred bidder for the provision of the Council’s Waste Collection and Community Recycling Centre (CRC) Services for a period defined by the contract of seven years from the contract commencement date of the 1^st April 2017.

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The reports relating to the following items are not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 14 and 16 of Part 4 and Paragraph 21 of Part 5, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as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.