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 and confirm the Minutes of a meeting of Council dated 8 June 2016

 (i) Mayor (or person presiding)

(ii) Members of the Cabinet

(iii) Chief Executive

“Miners Pensions”

‘That this Council resolves to lend its support to the UK Miners Pension Association Justice & Fair Play Campaign. This Association is formed with the objective of securing justice and fair play, for every person that paid into the "Miners Pension Scheme". Their aim is to recover funds from the government and ensure no further reductions are made upon the fund.  
  
This Council acknowledges, that working in the Mining industry in this country was a hazardous occupation and that Miners working across Wales and UK were exposed to dangers and risks every day of their working life. On this basis 50/50 sharing of surplus is wrong and more realistic percentage which reflects the guarantors' risk, and recover all monies that rightly belong to the mineworkers of the UK should be renegotiated. 

This Council therefore resolves to write to the relevant UK Government Minister outlining our objections to this continued injustice to a scheme which was intended to offer security for Miners in later life. This Council will seek to engage the support of local Members of Parliament to highlight this injustice and support this campaign at a parliamentary level.‘

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. 

The Minutes relating to the following item are not for publication, as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 and Paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended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 the Council resolves pursuant to the Act to consider this item in private, the public will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration.