Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor Stephen Hayes. |
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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the meetings held on 12th and 19th February 2019 as correct records. Additional documents: Minutes: The Leader was authorised to sign the minutes of the meetings held on 12th and 19th February as correct records. |
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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: County Councillor James Evans declared a personal and prejudicial interest in item 5 on the agenda, Business Rates High Street and Retail Relief Scheme 2019-20.
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2019/20 Annual Strategic Review of Vision 2025: Our CIP PDF 77 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Rosemarie Harris, Leader of Council. Additional documents:
Minutes: Cabinet considered recommended changes to the activities and performance measures within Vision 2025: Our CIP following the annual review. The Vision had been reviewed to ensure it remained realistic and achievable within the current financial climate.
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Business Rates High Street and Retail Relief scheme 2019-20 PDF 101 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport.
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Minutes: County Councillor James Evans left the meeting whilst this item was being considered having declared a personal and prejudicial interest.
Cabinet received details of the Welsh Government Business Rates high street and retail rates relief scheme for 2019-20 to support businesses within the retail sector in Wales. The scheme would benefit occupied retail properties such as shops, pubs and restaurants with a rateable value of £50,000 or less on 1 April 2019. Welsh Government had made a sum of up to £1,080,000 to award to Powys ratepayers during the financial year 2019-20. This was a significant increase on previous funds (£155,000) due to Welsh Government extending current scheme to all retailers and not restricting to those on a high street, and increased the maximum relief per ratepayer from £750 in 2018-19 to £2,500 in 2019-20.
County Councillor James Evans returned to the meeting. County Councillor Martin Weale joined the meeting.
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Draft Rights of Way Improvement Plan PDF 78 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport.
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Minutes: Cabinet considered the draft Rights of Way Improvement Plan. The Plan had been produced following a 3 month consultation process. In presenting the report the Portfolio Holder thanked officers and everyone who had engaged in the consultation and he paid tribute to all the volunteers who maintained the largest network of public rights of way in the UK.
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Schools Service Major Improvements Programme 2019-2020 To consider a report by County Councillor Myfanwy Alexander, Portfolio Holder for Learning and Welsh Language. Minutes: This report was deferred pending consideration of the budget by Council. |
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Financial Overview and Forecast as at 31st January 2019 PDF 200 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport.
Minutes: Cabinet considered the financial overview and forecast report as at 31st January 2019. The projected overspend at year end was £2.7m. 49.8% of savings had been delivered with £6.167m yet to be achieved. £3.9m savings included in previous budget plans which remained outstanding, and which were now undeliverable, had been removed from the budget plan for 2019/20. The report also noted a grant of £28,788Welsh Government Grant to support reducing the need for Children to enter care in 2018/19 of £28,788 has been received. The Portfolio Holder for Youth and Culture updated Cabinet on some of the actions being taken by Children’s Services to reduce expenditure.
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Capital Programme Update for the period to 31st January 2019 PDF 124 KB To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport. Additional documents: Minutes: Cabinet considered the Capital Programme update for the period ended 31st January 2019. The actual spend to the end of January was £50.553m and a further £28.652m had been committed. This left £12.926m or 14.0% of the budget uncommitted at the end of January. The report also set out a number of virements.
The Monitoring Officer referred to the letter received from Abermule Communities Together which had been forwarded to the Cabinet along with the Deputy S151 Officer’s response.
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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 38 KB To note the delegated decisions taken since the last meeting. Minutes: Cabinet noted the delegated decisions taken since the last meeting.
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Forward Work Programme PDF 89 KB To consider the Cabinet forward work programme. Minutes: The Monitoring Officer asked Portfolio Holders to work with their Heads of Service to ensure that the Cabinet forward work programme was kept up to date. |