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.

 

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