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15.

Election of Chairperson pdf icon PDF 73 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:   That Councillor KL Rowlands be elected as Chairperson of the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the Municipal Year.

16.

Declarations of Interest

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 (including whipping declarations)

 

Minutes:

None

17.

Approval of Minutes pdf icon PDF 136 KB

To receive for approval the minutes of 20/01/21, 21/01/21 and 25/01/21

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                      That the Minutes of a meeting of the Combined meeting of all Overview and Scrutiny Committees dated 20, 21 and 25 January 2021, be approved as a true and accurate record.

18.

Cross-Party Recovery Panel Recommendations and Cabinet Progress Response pdf icon PDF 77 KB

Invitees

 

Councillor Huw David - Leader

Mark Shephard - Chief Executive

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Senior Democratic Services Officer - Scrutiny presented the Committee with the Cabinet progress response to the Cross-Party Recovery Panel’s Recommendations attached, in Appendix A, and the Cross-Party Recovery Panel’s latest Recommendations, attached in Appendix B.

 

Members of the Committee asked the following:

 

A Member made a general point in relation to the recommendations and asked how the Committee would ensure that the recommendations which had been accepted by Cabinet and closed, or were still ongoing, were tracked going forward. How would the Committee measure success going forward and the deliverability against the panel’s recommendations.

 

The Chief Executive felt that this was a helpful question and provided brief context of the purpose of the panel. He felt that moving forward those issues raised by the panel should become part of business as usual, and those of further relevance picked up as part of normal scrutiny activity e.g., housing and homelessness, principles of a co-operative council, etc.  As part of the councils recovery, there were new things and potentially more important things, to now focus and spend time on such as health and equalities, anti-poverty, digital, the new operating model for the council, mental health and the 2030 agenda, which had emerged out of the pandemic that should be prioritised, rather than perhaps inevitably one or two of the things that were very pertinent at the time. It was for Members to be selective and pick out both the existing recommendations but also perhaps some new ones where those recovery elements deserved more focus and could be picked up as part of the normal scrutiny agenda for each of the committees.

 

A Member asked, in relation to recommendation 1, whether there would be any re-proportion of budgets to allow the Communities Directorate to re-green or re-vamp other spaces other than Halo, Awen and the parks and playing fields.

 

The Chief Executive explained that this had to be a holistic response, and certainly part of the response was about leisure centres, culture and sports facilities for schools but, the intention was also to try and create additional green spaces, where possible, within town centres. There was recognition that the value of culture, leisure and green spaces had been key in the pandemic and that footpaths had also been incredibly valuable.  In terms of the budget, this was in Members’ hands and a matter for Council, when budgets were set, however the Recovery Panel’s recommendations would inform budget processes moving forward.  Historically something that might have been regarded as less important, may become things to invest in and re-focus on, particularly with significant changes in the way people lead their lives. The investment in culture, leisure and green spaces was certainly recognised already, and that would continue, but other parts may become more important as well. The LDP consultation had just started and there was an anticipation that a number of the responses would be to do with green space and the support for keeping green space as well.

 

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19.

Corporate Parenting Champion Nomination Report pdf icon PDF 90 KB

Minutes:

The Chief Officer – Legal, HR & Regulatory Services submitted a report, the purpose of which was to request the Committee to nominate one Member as its Corporate Parenting Champion to represent the Committee as an invitee to meetings of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting.

 

The Chairperson invited nominations , following which it was

 

RESOLVED:                        That Councillor T Thomas be nominated to represent the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee as an Invitee to meetings of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting.

 

20.

Nomination to the Public Service Board Scrutiny Panel pdf icon PDF 73 KB

Minutes:

The Chief Officer – Legal, HR & Regulatory Services submitted a report, the purpose of which was to request the Committee to nominate three Members to sit on the Public Service Board Scrutiny Panel.

 

The Chairperson invited nominations, following which it was

 

RESOLVED:                      That the following Members were nominated to sit on the Public Service Board Scrutiny Panel:

 

Councillor KL Rowlands

Councillor RMI Shaw

Councillor JC Spanswick

 

21.

Forward Work Programme Update pdf icon PDF 318 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Senior Democratic Services Officer – Scrutiny presented the Committee with the proposed draft outline Forward Work Programme (Appendix A) for discussion and consideration; requested any specific information the Committee identified to be included in the items for the next two meetings, including invitees they wished to attend; requested the Committee to identify any further items for consideration on the Forward Work Programme having regard to the selection criteria in paragraph 4.6; and asked the Committee to note that the proposed draft Forward Work Programmes for the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committees would be reported to the next meeting of COSC, with the comments from each respective Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee, following consideration in their June Committee meetings.

 

Recommendations:

 

Having considered the Forward Work Programme, the Committee made the following recommendations:

 

  1. That the Corporate Template for Reports to Scrutiny be amended to include commentary on ethical procurement and the decarbonisation agenda, and show due consideration to the workforce partnership act.

 

  1. That the Corporate Template for reports to Scrutiny be amended to include a section for an executive summary for each report.

 

There were no further items identified for consideration on the Forward Work Programme having regard to the selection criteria in paragraph 4.6, and this could be revisited at the next meeting.

 

There were no requests to include specific information in the item for the next meeting.

 

 

RESOLVED:          That the Committee considered and agreed the proposed draft outline Forward Work Programme in Appendix A and noted that the proposed draft Forward Work Programmes for the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committees would be reported to the next meeting of the Committee, following the June cycle of Committee meetings.

 

22.

Urgent Items

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.

 

Minutes:

None

 

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