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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor EA Jones and from County Councillor SC Davies, Leader of the Labour Group.
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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the last meeting held as a correct record. Minutes: The Leader was authorised to sign the minutes of the last meeting held on 12th April 2016 as a correct record.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest reported. |
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Budget Setting for 2017/18 and updating the Medium Term Financial Strategy PDF 114 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Wynne Jones, Portfolio Holder for Finance. Minutes: Cabinet considered the proposed approach to budget setting for 2017/18 as well as the steps to be taken to agree the next update of the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) covering 2017 to 2020. Members were advised that the budget process was being brought forward with the first of three Council seminars taking place in July. The Portfolio Holder for Finance acknowledged the comments made about the need to ensure that impact assessments were completed consistently and advised that a sub group of the Cabinet would be examining them. He also confirmed that he was happy to discuss with the Joint Chairs Scrutiny’s input in the budget process.
County Councillor York abstained having missed the start of the debate.
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PCC Strategic Equality Plan 2016/20 PDF 97 KB To consider a report by County Councillor John Powell, Portfolio Holder for Equality. Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet considered the Strategic Equality Plan for 2016/20. The plan set out seven Equality Objectives for the Council and the actions the Council would take to fulfil those objectives. The detail on how these actions would be achieved, would be contained within various Services Team plans, Service Improvement Plans, Powys One Plan, the Hearts and Minds Delivery Plan or the Community Cohesion National Delivery Plan. A report on the outcomes from the existing equality plan would be brought to Cabinet in June.
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Joint Chairs Report on the Commissioning and Procurement Board PDF 152 KB To consider a report by the Joint Chairs Steering Group on the Commissioning and Procurement Board. Minutes: Cabinet received the report from Joint Chairs on the Commissioning and Procurement Board. The Portfolio Holder for Commissioning and Procurement advised that a response was being drafted and would be available for consideration firstly by the Commissioning and Procurement Board and then by the Cabinet within 6 weeks. The Portfolio Holder also confirmed that he would be happy to meet the Joint Chairs after Cabinet had considered its response.
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Review of Saturday Bulky Service in Machynlleth PDF 98 KB To consider a report by County Councillor John Powell, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Sustainability. Minutes: Cabinet considered a proposal to cease the Saturday collection of residual waste in Machynlleth. The collection had been introduced as a pilot mitigation measure following the closure of the Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Machynlleth, for 6 months and had now been operating for over 12 months. Due to the amount of waste being collected, the low recycling rates and the savings the service was required to make, the collection was no longer viable. The Portfolio Holder for Environment and Sustainability noted letters had been received from Llanbrynmair Community Council, Machynlleth Town Council, Glantwymyn Community Council and Cadfarch Community Council, Ecodyfi Partnership and two individuals opposing the withdrawal of the collection.
County Councillors DC Jones, GP Vaughan and JM Williams spoke as local members to oppose the withdrawal of the Saturday collection. They questioned why west Montgomeryshire was being treated in this way and referred to the long distances that people would have to travel to an alternative site. They also expressed concerns that there would be an increase in fly-tipping.
The Portfolio Holder advised that provision at the community recycling site would be improved by introducing facilities to receive small electrical goods. He also advised that the service was not aware of any increase in fly-tipping. The Portfolio Holder reminded Members that the HTR service had to make further savings and he advised that each of the Household Waste Recycling Centres would be reviewed with two of the five sites liable to close. There would be a report to Cabinet in 3 months once the review had been completed.
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Treasury Management Report for Quarter 4 PDF 162 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Wynne Jones, Portfolio Holder for Finance. Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet received and considered the Treasury Management for Quarter 4.
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Correspondence To receive such correspondence as in the opinion of the Leader is of such urgency as to warrant consideration. Minutes: There were no items of correspondence reported.
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Delegated Decisions Taken Since the Last Meeting PDF 58 KB To note the delegated decisions taken since the last meeting. Minutes: Cabinet received details of delegated decisions taken by Portfolio Holders since the last meeting.
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Forward Work Programme PDF 63 KB To consider the Cabinet forward work programme. Minutes: Cabinet received the forward work programme.
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Exempt Items The Monitoring Officer has determined that category 1 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules applies to the following item. His view on the public interest test (having taken account of the provisions of Rule 11.8 of the Council’s Access to Information Rules) was that to make this information public would disclose personal data relating to an individual in contravention of the principles of the Data Protection Act. Because of this and since there did not appear to be an overwhelming public interest requiring the disclosure of personal data he felt that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Members are asked to consider these factors when determining the public interest test, which they must decide when considering excluding the public from this part of the meeting.
Minutes: RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following items of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 1 of The Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007).
County Councillor WT Jones left the meeting.
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Depot Review To consider a report by County Councillor John Brunt, Portfolio Holder for Highways. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Highways, Transport and Recycling Service had begun a review of depots starting with Llanfyllin, Llanbrynmair, Presteigne and Crickhowell depots as they are the smaller depots in terms of facilities, staff numbers and services provided. An informal consultation had been conducted with all staff at Llanfyllin, Llanbrynmair, Presteigne and Crickhowell Depots.
It was proposed that a formal consultation process be commenced with the intention of relocating Crickhowell depot staff to Brecon and Presteigne depot staff to Penybont depot at the earliest opportunity with the depots being retained in the interim as a non-operational salt storage facility until such time as a salt storage strategy has been formulated with the aid of route optimisation results.
It was further proposed that Llanbrynmair and Llanfyllin depots continue in their current format until the route optimisation results for winter maintenance are obtained. Route optimisation software would be used to help determine the best locations for depots.
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