Agenda and minutes

James Starbuck, Corporate Director apologised for his inability to attend the meeting.

i.       Staff, members and volunteers were thanked for their efforts in helping families who were unfortunately affected by a disruption to water supplies following severe weather in December. Tŷ Nant were thanked for their significant contribution in supplying bottled water to families.

ii.      Congratulations were extended to Councillor Keith Henson on recently becoming a grandfather.

iii.    Congratulations were extended to Reverend Euryl Howells, Senior Chaplain for Hywel Dda University Health Board who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the Chaplaincy in NHS Wales.

There were no disclosures of personal/ prejudicial interests.

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the previous Meeting of the Cabinet held on 6 December 2022.

Matters arising: There were no matters arising from the minutes.

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DECISION:

1.     To agree membership of the Development Group.

2.     To agree the proposed Terms of Reference for the Development Group, Capital Monitoring Group, Asset Management Group and Corporate Project Management Group.

3.     To note the feedback from the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

1.     To provide better strategic oversight and management of the Council’s Development Programme.

2.     To improve arrangements for delivering the Council’s Corporate Strategy.

3.     To make efficient and effective use of time and resources.

DECISION:

i)       To note the progress in relation to actions set out within the Net-Zero Action Plan.

iii)    To note the feedback from the Thriving Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

Periodic progress updates are an integral part of monitoring our Net-Zero journey and it was noted within the Plan that we would report back to Scrutiny and Cabinet on a regular basis.

DECISION:

i)       To approve the Customer Charter.

ii)     To note the feedback from the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

To approve the revised Customer Charter that provides customers guidance of how to contact the Authority and when to receive a response.

DECISION:

To approve the Welsh Language Policy for Awarding Grants.

Reason for the decision:

To meet the requirement of Standard 94: Welsh Language Standards Statutory Framework.

DECISION:

1.     To note the overall Sport Wales grant funding approval of £470,261, which comes with a match funding requirement from the Council of £220k.

2.     To agree that the Council acts in an intermediary role as banker for the Sport Wales Grant of £207,262 in relation to Cardigan Memorial Pool and Hall.

3.     To agree that the Schemes are included in the Capital Programme.

Reason for the decision:

To enable £207,262 of capital investment to be made into Cardigan Memorial Pool and Hall.

Cabinet noted the report.

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