The Leader welcomed officers and Members to the first meeting of Cabinet in the new term, particularly Councillors D Patel and R Young who were attending their first meeting of Cabinet following their appointment as Cabinet Member Wellbeing and Future Generations and Cabinet Member Communities respectively.   

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.

None.

To receive for approval the Minutes of a meeting of the Cabinet dated 25 April 2017.

RESOLVED:            That the minutes of the meeting of Cabinet of 25 April 2017 be approved as a true and accurate record.

To seek approval from Cabinet for the appointment of local authority governors to the school governing bodies listed. 

The Interim Corporate Director Education and Family Support sought approval for the appointment of Local Authority Governors to the school governing bodies listed. 

The Cabinet Member Education and Regeneration reminded Members that there remained a number of school governor vacancies and he urged Members to publicise this in their communities.  

RESOLVED:            That Cabinet approved the appointments listed.

To seek Cabinet’s approval for the appointment of Elected Member Champions.

The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services presented a report which sought approval for the appointment of Elected Member Champions. 

He reported that Elected Member Champions were appointed to provide a voice for traditionally underrepresented groups on issues which need to be kept at the forefront of Council business although they may not be the responsibility of any individual or Committee.  He stated that Elected Member Champions are Elected Members who in addition to their other Council responsibilities make sure that that the issue or group they are championing are taken into account when Council policy is being developed and decisions are made.

He reported that a review of Elected Member Champions had been undertaken as a result of changes to Cabinet and the Cabinet Member portfolios. 

The Leader commented that the Elected Member Champion roles had largely been aligned to Cabinet portfolios with some exceptions where some of the Champion roles had been allocated to Cabinet Members due to their experience, interests and the cross cutting nature of some of the roles.     

RESOLVED:           That Cabinet appointed to the Champion roles as shown in the report. 

To seek Cabinet’s approval for the appointment of Members to joint committees and the nomination of Members to outside bodies. 

The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services presented a report which sought approval for the appointment of Members to joint Committees and the nomination of Members to outside bodies. 

RESOLVED:           That Cabinet appointed the requisite number of Members to the joint committees and other outside bodies listed subject to the following amendments:

1.                  Councillor A Pucella appointed to the Margam Crematorium Joint Committee in place of Councillor KJ Watts;   

2.                  Deleted the Cornelly Quarry Liaison Committee from the list of Outside Bodies as it longer exists;

3.                  Deferred consideration of the membership of the ABM Community Health Council to a future meeting of Cabinet;

4.                  Deferred consideration of the membership of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities pending discussion with the Group Leaders;

5.                 Appointed Councillor J McCarthy to SACRE;

6.                  Appointed Councillor SE Baldwin to the Valleys to Coast Management Board; 

7.                  Appointed Councillor CA Green to Bridgend Care and Repair;

8.                  The Cabinet Member Communities to replace the Cabinet Member Education and Regeneration on The Alliance (formerly Coalfields Communities Campaign); 

9.                  The Cabinet Member Wellbeing and Future Generations to replace the Cabinet Member Social Services and Early Help on the Bridgend & Maesteg Citizens Advice Bureau.  

To seek approval for the schedule of meetings of Cabinet, Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting and the Cabinet Committee Equalities for the period June 2017 – April 2018; propose Children’s and Equalities Champions who will chair the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting and the Cabinet Committee Equalities; confirm the process for nomination of Champions from each of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees to the Corporate Parenting Cabinet Committee and seek approval of the invitees to attend meetings of the Cabinet Committee Equalities as nominated by each of the political groups represented on Council.

The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services submitted a report, the purpose of which was to seek approval for the schedule of meetings of Cabinet, Corporate Parenting Cabinet Committee and the Equalities Cabinet Committee for the period June 2017 – April 2018.  He also sought approval of proposals for the Children’s and Equalities Champions to chair the Corporate Parenting and Equalities Cabinet Committees;   confirmed the process for nomination of Champions from each of the Overview and Scrutiny Committees to the Corporate Parenting Cabinet Committee. He sought approval of the invitees to attend meetings of the Equalities Cabinet Committee as nominated by each of the political groups represented on Council.

RESOLVED:            That Cabinet:

1.          Approved the schedule of meeting dates for Cabinet, Corporate Parenting Cabinet Committee and the Equalities Cabinet Committee meetings for the period May 2015 – May 2016 as outlined in Paragraphs 4.1.2, 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 of the report;

2.          Appointed the Cabinet Member for Social Services and Early Help as Lead Member for Children and Young People, Children and Young People Champion and Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting; 

3.          Deferred consideration of the process for determining the invitees for the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting pending discussion with the Group Leaders;

4.          Approved the appointment of the Cabinet Member Wellbeing and Future Generations as the Equalities Champion and as Chairperson of the Cabinet Committee Equalities;

    5.       Approved nominations of the invitees to the Cabinet Committee Equalities on the basis of 4 Labour Group Members, 2 Conservative Group Members, 2 Independent / Alliance Group Members and 1 each from the Llynfi Independents and Plaid Cymru Groups.      

To inform Cabinet of the Information Report which has been published since its last scheduled meeting. 

The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services presented a report, the purpose of which was to inform Cabinet of the Information Report which has been published since the last meeting.

The Leader informed Cabinet of his disappointment that Archdeacon John Lewis Church in Wales Primary School’s prospects for improvement following its Estyn inspection were adequate, although he noted that many of the judgements relating to the performance of the school are good.  He stated that the school will receive the support of the Council and Central South Consortium to improve outcomes and address all of Estyn’s recommendations, and requested a future report to Cabinet updating Members on progress.

RESOLVED:            (1) That Cabinet acknowledged the publication of the document listed in the report:-

Title                                        Date Published

Estyn Inspection Outcomes     23 May 2017

                                For Archdeacon John Lewis

                                Church in Wales Primary

School

(2)  That Cabinet receive an update report on the progress Archdeacon John Lewis Church in Wales Primary School is making in addressing the recommendations of Estyn following the school being placed in the ‘Estyn monitoring’ category.        

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.

There were no urgent items.

The minutes and reports relating to the following items are not for publication as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 14, 16 and 18 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.

RESOLVED:           That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as they contain exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 14, 16 and 18 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.

The Monitoring Officer confirmed that one of the items was not subject to the public interest test for reasons of legal professional privilege and should therefore be considered in private.  However the public interest applied in respect of the other item of business.

                                Following the application of the public interest test in consideration of this item, it was resolved that pursuant to the Act referred to above, to consider it in private, with the public being excluded from the meeting as it would involve the disclosure of exempt information of the nature as stated above.

To receive for approval the exempt minutes of the meeting of Cabinet of 25 April 2017.