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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors M Barnes, T J Van-Rees and S L Williams.
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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the last meeting held on 9 December 2021 as a correct record. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the last meeting held on 9th December 2021 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: County Councillors R Powell, D Price, L Corfield, Stephen Hayes, G Jones, A Davies, J Wilkinson, MJ Jones, A Jones, W Powell, E Roderick, P Lewis, R Harris, D Thomas, D Evans, K Curry, R Williams, K Silk, E Vaughan, E Jones, K Laurie-Parry, D Davies, G Pugh, J Morris, K Lewis, J Berriman, D Jones-Poston, D Rowlands, J Jones, B Davies, G Thomas and L George declared personal and prejudicial interests in item 15 Notice of Motion on Responsible Afforestation.
County Councillor A Jenner declared an interest in item 16 Notice of Motion on Fuel Poverty.
County Councillors A Jenner, C Mills, D Price, G Ratcliffe, I McIntosh, S Davies, J Jones, G Pugh, P Davies, A Jones, K Roberts-Jones, R Harris and J Pugh declared interests in item 17 Notice of Motion on the Armed Forces Act.
County Councillors B Baynham and D Price declared interests in item 18 Notice of Motion on school transformation.
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Chair's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Chair of Council. Minutes: The Chair advised that he would circulate details of his engagements by email. He noted that this would be his last meeting in the Chair.
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Leader's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Leader. Minutes: The Leader thanked the Highways staff who had responded to storms Eunice and Franklin and worked through the night to protect properties and clear roads. She also thanked everyone involved in securing the Mid Wales Growth Deal which would bring £110 million investment into the region. She advised that the Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee had been established. She reported that the Leaders of Welsh local authorities had been briefed by Welsh Government the previous day on the situation in Ukraine and what could be done to help. Welsh Government had asked that local groups be discouraged from collecting physical goods in favour of cash donations. Local authorities had been asked to set up a dedicated webpage for cash donations. Leaders had also been asked to make arrangements to receive Ukrainian refugees and preparatory work was underway. The Welsh local authority pension funds were liaising on disinvesting from Russian companies. She would be writing to the UK and Welsh Governments expressing the Council’s concern at the unprovoked aggression and expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine. |
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Chief Executive's Briefing To receive a briefing from the Chief Executive. Minutes: The Chief Executive advised that she had been appointed the Chief Executive of the Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee for its first year. This position would rotate annually between the Chief Executives of Ceredigion and Powys. Stephen Johnson had been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Clive Pinney Monitoring Officer. None of the posts were renumerated. She provided an update on the Covid pandemic noting that the number of cases were currently receding after reaching a high in mid January. Fortunately, for the majority the symptoms had been mild with few requiring hospital treatment. The pandemic continued to impact on services with increased demand in Adult Social Care and Children’s Services. In Children’s Services in particular the ability to respond was affected by sickness levels amongst staff and vacancies. The Director of Social Services had requested support from other services and partner organisations and a number of actions had been taken to stabilise the service. She advised that following the death of Aled Roberts, the Welsh Language Commissioner, on 13 February she had sent condolences to the Deputy Commissioner on behalf the Council. She advised that the Chair, Leader and she would arrange for a briefing to be held later in the month for Members and behalf of the Council’s staff she wished all Members well for the future.
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Council Tax Resolution for 2022/23 PDF 971 KB To approve the Council Tax resolution and set the Council Tax for 2022/23. Minutes: The budget for 2022/23 was agreed by Council earlier on 3 March 2022 and an increase of 3.39% in Council Tax for the financial year 2022-23 had been approved as part of the budget.
At a meeting of the Cabinet on the 23 November 2021, the Council calculated the following Tax Base amounts for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Regulations made under Section 33 (5) of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992.
(a) Being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (Wales) Regulations 1995, as amended, as its Council Tax Base for the year 2022/2023.
(b) Part of the Council's area community of:
Community of:
being the amounts calculated by the Council in accordance with the Regulations, as the amounts of its Council Tax Base for the year 2022/2023 for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate. Appendix One confirmed the 2022/23 precept and band D charge for each Town and Community Council.
3.1. THAT the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2022/2023 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act, 1992:
a) £ 491,656,053 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 32 (2) (a) to (e) of the Act b) £ 214,503,652 being the ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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To consider a report by the Head of Property, Planning and Public Protection.
Additional documents: Minutes: Council considered a Powys Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) Delivery Agreement as revisedfollowing public consultation for submission to Welsh Government. It was moved by County Councillor Beverley Baynham and seconded by County Councillor Karl Lewis and it was unanimously
RESOLVED to approve the Powys RLDP Delivery Agreement and agree to its submission to the Welsh Government.
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Pay Policy Statement 2022/23 PDF 310 KB To consider the pay policy statement for 2022/23. Additional documents: Minutes: Council gave consent for the Professional Lead Employment Services, the Scrutiny Manager, the Cabinet Manager and the translator to remain in the meeting to assist in its running. All other officers left the meeting.
Council considered the Pay Policy Statement setting out the Council’s arrangements for the pay and remuneration of its employees for financial year 2022-23. It was moved by County Councillor Aled Davies and seconded by County Councillor Maureen McKenzie and unanimously
RESOLVED to approve the Pay Policy Statement for 2022/23.
Officers returned to the meeting.
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To consider the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services. Additional documents:
Minutes: Council considered the recommendations of the Democratic Services Committee on amendments to the Constitution. It was moved by County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan and seconded by County Councillor Jonathan Wilkinson and unanimously
RESOLVED 1. That the amendments to Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 20 and 23 of the Constitution and the draft guide to the Constitution are approved.
2. That the Monitoring Officer is authorised to make such other changes to the Constitution as may be required to reflect the changes set out above.
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To consider a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
Additional documents: Minutes: Council considered the recommendation of the Democratic Services Committee on the introduction of a pensions scheme as required by the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. Members discussed whether the minimum age of 10 was appropriate and were advised that the Children’s Commissioner had emailed to say that she did not feel that there should be any minimum age applied.
County Councillor J Williams left at 14.36.
It was moved by County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan and seconded by County Councillor Jackie Charlton and unanimously
RESOLVED 1. To approve a Petition Scheme as detailed in Appendix 2;
2. That the Petition Scheme takes effect from 5 May 2022; and
3. That the Democratic Services Committee undertakes a review of the scheme after 12 months of operation.
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Appointment of Independent (Lay) Members on the Governance and Audit Committee PDF 368 KB To consider the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
Minutes: Council considered a report on the appointment of independent (lay) members to the Governance and Audit Committee. The Head of Legal and Democratic Services advised that one of the nominees had withdrawn. It was proposed by County Councillor Aled Davies and seconded by County Councillor Michael Williams that delegated authority be given to the Shortlisting and Appointments Panel to appoint a third Member and unanimously
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1. that Mr Gareth Hall and Mrs Lynne Hamilton be appointed as Independent (Lay) Members for a period of 5 years from 5 May 2022.
2. That delegated authority is given to the Shortlisting and Appointments Panel to appoint a third member.
County Councillor Jeremy Pugh left the meeting at 14.59.
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Appointments to the Standards Committee PDF 11 KB To consider a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services. Additional documents: Minutes: Council considered arrangements appoint an Independent Member of the Standards Committee. It was moved by County Councillor Michael Williams and seconded by County Councillor Rosemarie Harris and unanimously
RESOLVED that the arrangements to make an appointment to the Standards Committee be approved as set out in Appendix 1 to the report. |
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Appointments to Committees County Councillor Graham Breeze appointed to the Employment and Appeals Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor Michael J Jones appointed to the Economy Residents and Communities Scrutiny Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor Edwin Roderick appointed to the Health and Care Scrutiny Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor David Evans appointed to the Licensing Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
Minutes: Council noted the appointments made by political groups since the last meeting and approved by the Monitoring Officer under delegated authority:
County Councillor Graham Breeze appointed to the Employment and Appeals Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor Michael J Jones appointed to the Economy Residents and Communities Scrutiny Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor Edwin Roderick appointed to the Health and Care Scrutiny Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group.
County Councillor David Evans appointed to the Licensing Committee in place of County Councillor Phil Pritchard by the Independent group. |
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Notice of Motion - RESPONSIBLE AFFORESTATION - A NON-EXPLOITATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH Council expresses its concern about the purchase of family farms in Powys and the wider region by multinational companies to plant trees for the purpose of creating ‘carbon credits’ which are sold to polluting companies to meet their carbon offset targets.
While accepting that tree planting on a large scale is recognised as one means of combating climate change, Council regrets that carbon offsetting allows these high carbon-emitting companies to continue with their unsustainable conduct.
Furthermore, Council notes that multinational companies have already claimed over £1.3m from Welsh Government funding via the Glastir Woodland Creation fund, which means that Welsh taxpayers are subsidising the carbon offsetting programmes of companies from outside Wales.
Council supports the principle of responsible afforestation but believes this must be done in consultation with local communities, and should not have a detrimental impact on local employment, culture and community viability.
Council calls on the Welsh Government to · Ensure that multinational companies who purchase farms to plant trees for the purpose of creating ‘carbon credits’ which are sold to polluting companies to meet their carbon offset targets are not subsidised by Welsh taxpayers. · Introduce planning development legislation to enable local planning authorities such as Powys to control afforestation projects, and to set a limit on the proportion of land on any farm that can be used for afforestation without the need for planning consent · Deliver its afforestation plans by developing a publicly owned arms-length company to manage Wales’ forestry and help reach the Welsh Government’s carbon reduction targets
Council recognises the opinion of environmental campaigners that tree planting is not a silver bullet to averting climate change and agrees that only rapid reduction of burning fossil fuels can halt the ongoing and alarming rise in global temperatures.
Proposed by Cllr Elwyn Vaughan Seconded by Cllr Bryn Davies
Minutes: The Vice-Chair County Councillor Gareth Ratcliffe took the Chair for this item.
The Monitoring Officer reminded Council that the Standards Committee had granted a dispensation for Members with an interest to speak but not to vote on this item. The following members declared an interest: County Councillors R Powell, D Price, L Corfield, Stephen Hayes, G Jones, A Davies, J Wilkinson, MJ Jones, A Jones, W Powell, E Roderick, P Lewis, R Harris, D Thomas, D Evans, K Curry, R Williams, K Silk, E Vaughan, E Jones, K Laurie-Parry, D Davies, G Pugh, J Morris, K Lewis, J Berriman, D Jones-Poston, D Rowlands, J Jones, B Davies, G Thomas and L George.
Council debated the motion moved by County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan and seconded by County Councillor Bryn Davies:
Council expresses its concern about the purchase of family farms in Powys and the wider region by multinational companies to plant trees for the purpose of creating ‘carbon credits’ which are sold to polluting companies to meet their carbon offset targets.
While accepting that tree planting on a large scale is recognised as one means of combating climate change, Council regrets that carbon offsetting allows these high carbon-emitting companies to continue with their unsustainable conduct.
Furthermore, Council notes that multinational companies have already claimed over £1.3m from Welsh Government funding via the Glastir Woodland Creation fund, which means that Welsh taxpayers are subsidising the carbon offsetting programmes of companies from outside Wales.
Council supports the principle of responsible afforestation but believes this must be done in consultation with local communities, and should not have a detrimental impact on local employment, culture and community viability.
Council calls on the Welsh Government to · Ensure that multinational companies who purchase farms to plant trees for the purpose of creating ‘carbon credits’ which are sold to polluting companies to meet their carbon offset targets are not subsidised by Welsh taxpayers. · Introduce planning development legislation to enable local planning authorities such as Powys to control afforestation projects, and to set a limit on the proportion of land on any farm that can be used for afforestation without the need for planning consent. · Deliver its afforestation plans by developing a publicly owned arms-length company to manage Wales’ forestry and help reach the Welsh Government’s carbon reduction targets.
Council recognises the opinion of environmental campaigners that tree planting is not a silver bullet to averting climate change and agrees that only rapid reduction of burning fossil fuels can halt the ongoing and alarming rise in global temperatures.
In moving the motion County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan advised that he was not against the planting of trees but was opposed to greenwashing by large corporations and the loss of farmland to monoculture. The seconder of the motion, County Councillor Bryn Davies, noted that payments designed to support local food production and rural businesses were being taken by multinational companies from abroad exploiting land in Powys. A number of speakers expressed concern that bullet points two and three would be too ... view the full minutes text for item 15. |
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Notice of Motion - Fuel Poverty This Council notes that its own Well-being Assessment of 2017 records that approximately 9,500 households in Powys (17%) are in fuel poverty. This Council notes research by the Resolution Foundation think-tank which reveals the number of UK households suffering from ‘fuel stress’ – those spending at least 10% of their family budgets on energy bills – is set to treble to 6.3m when the new energy price cap comes in on 1 April 2022.
This Council agrees with the well-respected ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis that ‘it is not an exaggeration to say there are people in the country who will be choosing between heating and eating come April.’
This Council notes and welcomes the Welsh Government’s Winter Fuel Support Scheme which provided eligible households with a one-off £200 payment towards paying winter fuel bills.
This Council calls on the UK Government and our local Members of Parliament to end the dither and delay on tackling the cost-of-living crisis facing Powys families and take immediate and substantive action to support households who are struggling with the recent sharp increases in household energy costs and the increases to come in the weeks and months ahead.
This Council resolves to call on the UK Government to take immediate action to support families in Powys by at least: removing VAT on energy bills for at least one year; increasing the Warm Home Discount from £140 to £400 per year and expanding the number of eligible households to 9.3 million; and introducing a year-long increase to corporation tax for North Sea oil and gas producers in order to secure a £1.2 billion windfall from their increased price rise profits to help mitigate household energy bills.
Proposer: Cllr
Matthew Dorrance
Minutes: Council debated the following motion proposed by County Councillor Matthew Dorrance and seconded by County Councillor Sandra Davies:
This Council notes that its own Well-being Assessment of 2017 records that approximately 9,500 households in Powys (17%) are in fuel poverty.
This Council notes research by the Resolution Foundation think-tank which reveals the number of UK households suffering from ‘fuel stress’ – those spending at least 10% of their family budgets on energy bills – is set to treble to 6.3m when the new energy price cap comes in on 1 April 2022.
This Council agrees with the well-respected ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis that ‘it is not an exaggeration to say there are people in the country who will be choosing between heating and eating come April.’
This Council notes and welcomes the Welsh Government’s Winter Fuel Support Scheme which provided eligible households with a one-off £200 payment towards paying winter fuel bills.
This Council calls on the UK Government and our local Members of Parliament to end the dither and delay on tackling the cost-of-living crisis facing Powys families and take immediate and substantive action to support households who are struggling with the recent sharp increases in household energy costs and the increases to come in the weeks and months ahead.
This Council resolves to call on the UK Government to take immediate action to support families in Powys by at least: removing VAT on energy bills for at least one year; increasing the Warm Home Discount from £140 to £400 per year and expanding the number of eligible households to 9.3 million; and introducing a year-long increase to corporation tax for North Sea oil and gas producers in order to secure a £1.2 billion windfall from their increased price rise profits to help mitigate household energy bills. In moving the motion County Councillor Matthew Dorrance noted the pressure that families in Powys were under because of the cost of living crisis and that many of the levers for dealing with it lay with the UK Government. County Councillor Sandra Davies noted that the least wealthy were hit hardest by VAT on household energy bills. By 26 votes to 21 with 5 abstentions it was
RESOLVED
That this Council notes that its own Well-being Assessment of 2017 records that approximately 9,500 households in Powys (17%) are in fuel poverty.
This Council notes research by the Resolution Foundation think-tank which reveals the number of UK households suffering from ‘fuel stress’ – those spending at least 10% of their family budgets on energy bills – is set to treble to 6.3m when the new energy price cap comes in on 1 April 2022.
That this Council agrees with the well-respected ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis that ‘it is not an exaggeration to say there are people in the country who will be choosing between heating and eating come April.’ That this Council notes and welcomes the Welsh Government’s Winter Fuel Support Scheme which provided eligible ... view the full minutes text for item 16. |
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Notice of Motion - Armed Forces Act 2021 This Council:
Proposer:
Cllr Matthew Dorrance
Minutes: County Councillors A Jenner, C Mills, D Price, G Ratcliffe, I McIntosh, S Davies, J Jones, G Pugh, P Davies, A Jones, K Roberts-Jones, R Harris and J Pugh declared an interest in this item.
Council debated the following notice of motion moved by County Councillor Matthew Dorrance and seconded by County Councillor David Meredith:
This Council:
The proposer of the motion, County Councillor Matthew Dorrance, noted that the Act placed responsibilities on local authorities but not on government. He welcomed the prominence given to the Armed Forces Covenant given by the Leader taking the role of Armed Forces Champion. He noted that since the motion had been submitted Commonwealth and Gurkha personnel no longer had to pay for visa fees but that their dependents still did. The seconder of the motion, County Councillor David Meredith spoke about the great benefits that the Gurkhas and the Nepalis community had brought to Brecon. Other members spoke in support of the motion. It was noted that Fay Jones MP for Brecon and Radnorshire had been instrumental in the establishment of a Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales with Colonel James Phillips appointed to that role on 1st March.
RESOLVED That this Council:
· Stands firmly behind our UK Armed Forces and fully supports the aims of the Armed Forces Covenant. · Welcomes the new Armed Forces Act but sees the legislation as a missed opportunity to improve the lives of veterans in Powys. · Notes with disappointment that the Act, which makes Powys County Council and local public bodies legally bound to have “due regard” to the Covenant when providing support to Forces communities, exempts central government from any such duty, creating a two-tier Covenant for veterans. · Notes with further disappointment that Conservative MPs voted down Labour-led proposals, backed by the Royal British Legion and ex-Service chiefs, to enshrine the Covenant fully into law and improve Armed Forces accommodation, employment support and pensions and to end the scandal of visa fees for Commonwealth and Gurkha personnel. · Resolves to continue campaigning with Forces charities to get the UK Government to strengthen the Covenant and ... view the full minutes text for item 17. |
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Notice of Motion - School Transformation Council notes 1 The focus of Estyn on concerns about the performance of the authority in delivering for Powys Secondary Schools in its 2019 report 2 The consultation and briefing sessions that were undertaken prior to Feb 2020 to establish the current schools transformation programme 3 The presentation by the Headteacher from Dolgellau as part of the transformation consultation conference on the benefits of cluster schools in rural areas 4 The major changes to the way schools have worked during the Covid pandemic 5 The recent comments at a Members’ Briefing on Schools Transformation by a Powys Secondary Head of an all-through school reflecting that whilst an all through school was working he wished he could have extended the benefits by including all primary schools in the cluster 6 That the Council is about to embark on developing a new Local Development Plan as the current one has failed to bring forward the number of properties in urban areas that it was expected to Council Believes 1 Successful transformation programmes are ones that take stock of their direction if there are major societal or business changes which may change the model of proposed service delivery 2 That the Covid pandemic represents such a fundamental change whose impact is only now starting to become clear in the Powys housing market with a resultant demographic impact. 3 That the close working developed within school clusters over the past 24 months means that large parts of the basis for change that underpins the current transformation programme, particularly in relation to delivery of the new curriculum, may have been superseded by changes to ways of working on the ground 4 That the cluster school model as outlined at the transformation conference, which received cross party support as the basis for change, has not been properly tested as a way forward in any of the current transformation proposals, leaving the Council vulnerable to Judicial Review in respect of the Welsh Government’s Rural Schools policy within the Schools Organisation Code 5 That in the absence of this information Cabinet may have made decisions which with additional briefings they would wish to reconsider.
Council therefore requests Cabinet to 1 Implement a 1 year delay to the implementation of all current closure proposals that have been approved by Cabinet over the past 18 months. 2 To request the transformation team to undertake a comprehensive review of the assumptions underpinning the programme in respect of changes made to ways of working within clusters during the Covid Pandemic 3 To request the transformation team to undertake a comprehensive review of the cluster school model that was proposed at the transformation conference, which will assist in the development of secondary and post-19 provision, but which has not been considered in any of the subsequent proposals. 4 That both reports are published before the end of the summer academic term and are made available for discussion by full council and scrutiny before existing decisions are either reconfirmed or abandoned during the autumn ... view the full agenda text for item 18. Minutes: County Councillors B Baynham and D Price declared an interest in this item.
Council debated the following motion proposed by County Councillor James Gibson-Watt and seconded by County Councillor Jake Berriman:
Council notes 1. The focus of Estyn on concerns about the performance of the authority in delivering for Powys Secondary Schools in its 2019 report 2. The consultation and briefing sessions that were undertaken prior to Feb 2020 to establish the current schools transformation programme 3. The presentation by the Headteacher from Dolgellau as part of the transformation consultation conference on the benefits of cluster schools in rural areas 4. The major changes to the way schools have worked during the Covid pandemic 5. The recent comments at a Members’ Briefing on Schools Transformation by a Powys Secondary Head of an all-through school reflecting that whilst an all through school was working he wished he could have extended the benefits by including all primary schools in the cluster 6. That the Council is about to embark on developing a new Local Development Plan as the current one has failed to bring forward the number of properties in urban areas that it was expected to
Council Believes 1. Successful transformation programmes are ones that take stock of their direction if there are major societal or business changes which may change the model of proposed service delivery 2. That the Covid pandemic represents such a fundamental change whose impact is only now starting to become clear in the Powys housing market with a resultant demographic impact. 3. That the close working developed within school clusters over the past 24 months means that large parts of the basis for change that underpins the current transformation programme, particularly in relation to delivery of the new curriculum, may have been superseded by changes to ways of working on the ground. 4. That the cluster school model as outlined at the transformation conference, which received cross party support as the basis for change, has not been properly tested as a way forward in any of the current transformation proposals, leaving the Council vulnerable to Judicial Review in respect of the Welsh Government’s Rural Schools policy within the Schools Organisation Code. 5. That in the absence of this information Cabinet may have made decisions which with additional briefings they would wish to reconsider.
Council therefore requests Cabinet to 1. Implement a 1 year delay to the implementation of all current closure proposals that have been approved by Cabinet over the past 18 months. 2. To request the transformation team to undertake a comprehensive review of the assumptions underpinning the programme in respect of changes made to ways of working within clusters during the Covid Pandemic. 3. To request the transformation team to undertake a comprehensive review of the cluster school model that was proposed at the transformation conference, which will assist in the development of secondary and post-19 provision, but which has not been considered in any of the subsequent proposals. 4. That both reports are ... view the full minutes text for item 18. |
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Urgent Notice of Motion Urgent Motion In Support of Ukraine
We will all have be horrified by the action of Russia in invading Ukraine and the huge loss of life.
As a council we need firstly to condemn the Russian action and secondly to cease any business contacts with Russia. I understand that our pension fund has some exposure to Russia via some of the companies we invest with. I also know that officers are active in identifying the position. Can I have your support and that of Powys County Council to ensure that we disinvest of any exposure or investment in Russian companies. Also that all efforts are made to investigate and cease any purchase of goods and services to the council linked to Russian companies as soon as possible and that everything is done to support Ukraine and its people I realise this is very late but could you please include this in either the announcements or agenda for today’s full council. And perhaps ask for a statement from the Chief Executive. I would like to propose a motion without notice.
1. That Powys County Council condemns the actions of Russia in invading Ukraine and does everything it can to support Ukraine and its people. 2. The Council requests the Powys Pensions and Investment Committee and the Wales Pension Partnership to consider disinvestment any exposure or investment in Russian companies. 3. That all efforts are made to investigate and cease any purchase of goods and services to the council linked to Russian companies as soon as possible and that everything is done to support Ukraine and its people
Proposer: Cllr John Morris Seconder: Cllr Elwyn Vaughan
Minutes: The Chair agreed that the following urgent notice of motion moved by County Councillor John Morris and seconded by County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan could be considered.
1. That Powys County Council condemns the actions of Russia in invading Ukraine and does everything it can to support Ukraine and its people. 2. The Council requests the Powys Pensions and Investment Committee and the Wales Pension Partnership to consider disinvestment any exposure or investment in Russian companies. 3. That all efforts are made to investigate and cease any purchase of goods and services to the council linked to Russian companies as soon as possible and that everything is done to support Ukraine and its people.
1. That Powys County Council condemns the actions of President Putin and the Russian armed forces in invading Ukraine and does everything it can to support Ukraine and its people. 2. The Council requests the Powys Pensions and Investment Committee and the Wales Pension Partnership to consider disinvestment any exposure or investment in Russian companies. 3. That all efforts are made to investigate and cease any purchase of goods and services to the council linked to Russian companies as soon as possible and that everything is done to support Ukraine and its people.
The Chair agreed to send a letter of best wishes to County Councillor Martin Weale. The Chair was thanked for the way in which he had chaired the Council.
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