Agenda and draft minutes

No apologies were received.

i.      Congratulations were extended to all involved with arranging the Barley Saturday event held in Cardigan on Saturday.

ii.     Best wishes were extended to Meinir Ebbsworth, Corporate Lead Officer: Schools and Culture as she leaves her role with the authority. She was thanked for her excellent work and wished well for the future. The Chief Executive reiterated the Leader’s words.

iii.    Congratulations were extended to Hari Thomas and Dylan Pritchard-Evans on being awarded for their bravery in January 2022 at the Child of Wales Awards 2023 held recently. 

iv.   Congratulations were also extended to Felicity Roberts, Welsh for Adults Tutor and Coordinator at Aberystwyth University on her success at the Inspire! Tutor Awards 2023. 

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 4 April 2023.

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

a)    Objection to the proposed imposition of 20mph speed limit at Stags Head No. 69.1 – B4578 & B4343 intersection

It was noted that the above petition had been received and would be dealt with in accordance with the guidelines in the Petitions Protocol.

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DECISION:

To agree:

i.      to adopt the Action Plan for the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan 2022- 2032, to implement it from the beginning of the Summer term 2023 and to review it annually;

ii.     that the Action Plan will be monitored through the WESP Language Forum meetings and the Bilingual Futures Committee;

iii.    that an annual report on progress against the Action Plan for the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan is presented to the Language Forum, the Bilingual Futures Committee, the Learning Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee and to the Cabinet;

iv.   in accordance with the School Organisation Code, that the Local Authority starts the statutory consultation process of changing the language medium in the Foundation Phase at Comins Coch, Llwyn yr Eos, St Padarn’s, Plascrug and Cei Newydd school &

v.     that the consultation regarding changing the admission age at three schools namely Comins Coch, St Padarn’s and Cei Newydd, to commence on 15th September 2023.

vi.   To note the feedback from the Learning Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

To comply with Section 84 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 and the Welsh Government Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (Wales) regulations 2019.

DECISION:

i.      To approve the ‘Principles for Ensuring Sustainable Education Infrastructure’ document (Appendix A).

ii.     To note the feedback from the Learning Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee and to agree the role and membership of the already established workstream ‘Ensure an effective and efficient infrastructure to meet our priorities’.

Reason for the decision:

Any future re-organisation proposal will be based on one or more of the principles noted in Section 1.2 of the Principles for Ensuring Sustainable Education Infrastructure document and in accordance with the Welsh Government’s School Organisation Code 2018.

DECISION:

i)      To agree to adopt the contents of the Ceredigion RSE policy.

ii)     That any comments proposed by the Welsh Government are included as amendments to the RSE Policy.

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

Reason for the decision:

To comply with the legal requirements of Curriculum for Wales and provide a clear overview of the responsibilities of schools, to ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to delivering RSE across Ceredigion.

DECISION:

i.      To approve and to begin the formal consultation on the DRAFT Local Housing Strategy 2023-2028.

ii.     To note the feedback from the Healthier Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

iii.    To agree that Cabinet write to Ms Elin Jones, Senedd Constituency Member and to the four regional Senedd Cymru Members, expressing concern that providing sufficient housing according to need in Ceredigion is not possible due to all regulations requiring LPAs under the Habitat Regulations, to consider the phosphorus impact of proposed developments on water quality within the SAC river catchment, as recommended by the Healthier Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

To enable the Council to fulfil the requirements in relation to the strategic housing function.

DECISION:

i.      To approve the West Wales Regional Adult Advocacy Strategy.

ii.     To note the feedback from the Healthier Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Reason for the decision:

To ensure the obligations under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (SSWBA) are met in respect of adult advocacy provisions.

Cabinet noted the report and the feedback from the Healthier Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Cabinet noted the report and the feedback from the Healthier Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

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