To receive apologies for absence from Members.

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest from Members/Officers in

accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Council from 1 September 2008. 

To receive the minutes of a meeting of Council of 26 July 2017

 (i) Mayor (or person presiding)

(ii) Members of the Cabinet

(iii) Chief Executive

Question from Councillor C Webster to the Cabinet Member Wellbeing & Future Generations

“What communication have Cabinet Members had with BCBC officers, Halo and Awen with regard to the provision of disabled access to the facilities and services they provide”?

This Council, requests that the Leader write to the Secretaries of State and the relevant Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary outlining our concerns over the decision made by the UK Government not to proceed with full electrification of the South West Wales line between Cardiff and Swansea; and to call on the UK Secretary of State for Transport, to immediately reverse this decision.

This Council unequivocally condemns the announcement on the day that the UK Parliament went into summer recess without consultation not to proceed with electrification of the rail line to Swansea.  This decision will have a significant long term economic and environmental consequences for Bridgend.  It is a betrayal of the people of Bridgend.  This Council restates that it believes that Bridgend requires modern regional transport infrastructure investment to ensure the future prosperity of the region.

We note with dismay that since the announcement not to proceed with electrification to Swansea, that the UK Government has stated its support for a £30bn Cross rail 2 project. This demonstrates the London centric thinking of the UK Government. 

We also note the UK Government has announced that it is to ban petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK from 2040.  We believe this ban should extend to locomotives and that diesel trains should also be banned, and renewable energy schemes should be progressed as a matter of urgency, so that the electric vehicles of the future are powered by clean renewable energy.

This Council calls upon the UK Government to remove the cap on public sector pay and to make financial resources available to fully fund nationally agreed pay awards.

To consider any item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in

accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 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.