Agenda item
Ceredigion Local Well-being Plan and the Ceredigion Public Services Board (PSB) meetings held on the 24th April 2023
Minutes:
The
Chair welcomed the Leader of the Council, Councillor Bryan Davies, Diana Davies
and Tim Bray, Officers, to the meeting to present the Ceredigion Local
Well-being Plan and the Ceredigion Public Services Board meetings held on the 24th April 2023. Under Section 35 of the
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, Local Authorities are
required to ensure their Overview and Scrutiny Committees have the power to
scrutinise decisions made, or other action taken, by the Public Services Board
for the Local Authority area in the exercise of its functions. Section 39 also
states that each PSB must send a copy of its Local Well-being Plan to the Local
Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Previous
updates have been provided to the Coordinating Overview and Scrutiny Committee
regarding the process of developing the Assessment of Local Well-being and the
Local Well-being Plan 2023- 2028 in Ceredigion.
Following
approval of the Local Well-being Plan 2023-28 at PSB on the 6th March 2023, all statutory PSB
organisations subsequently considered the Local Well-being plan at each of
their respective Board meetings held between 22nd March and 20th April 2023. It was confirmed
that through their usual governance arrangements, the Ceredigion Local
Wellbeing Plan 2023-28 was approved by
each of the individual statutory PSB members. Ceredigion County Council, as one
of the statutory members, approved the plan at Overview and Scrutiny
Coordinating Committee on the 22nd March 2023, Cabinet on 4th April 2023
and full Council on 20th April 2023. The PSB met on the 24th April 2023 to ratify the approval process of
the Well-being Plan 2023-2028, this was undertaken and received unanimous
agreement from all partners. It was agreed at that meeting that the Plan would
be published on 2nd May, thus meeting the statutory timeline as stated in the
Well-being of Future Generations Act (no later than one year after the date on
which each ordinary election is held under section 26 of the Local Government
Act 1972).
Committee
Members were asked to consider the draft minutes of the Ceredigion PSB meeting
dated 24th April 2023.
During
discussion, the following were noted:
·
Officers
to report back by email on the question asked on how the 1% increase of
homeowners in Ceredigion, as per the 2021 Census, compares with other
Authorities,
·
In response to a question regarding the NRW Climate Risk Baseline
Report Officers and the Chair of this committee will raise the question at the
next PSB meeting and the information with be shared with Committee Members,
·
A question was asked regarding the employment figures and Economic
Activity Status shown in the last Census.
It was stated that these figures are continuously monitored by the PSB
Poverty Sub-group and therefore the priorities within the Local Well-being Plan
reflect the current situation.
Following
discussion, Committee Members agreed to:
1.
Note that the Ceredigion Local Well-being Plan had been
approved by the Public Services Board, and,
2.
Agreed to receive the draft minutes of the Ceredigion PSB
meeting held on the 24th April 2023.
In order for the Overview and Scrutiny Coordinating Committee
to carry out their role of taking an overview of the overall effectiveness of
the PSB.
The Chair thanked the Officers and the Leader of the Council for
attending and presenting the information at today’s meeting. The Leader of the Council also thanked
Committee Members for their input to the Local Wellbeing Plan during the
governing process.
Supporting documents:
- Scrutiny paper- PSB minutes May 2023, item 4. PDF 97 KB
- Ceredigion Local Well-being Plan 2023-28, item 4. PDF 5 MB
- Public Services Board Minutes 24.04.23, item 4. PDF 128 KB