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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor Glyn Preston.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any disclosures of interests by Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. Minutes: There were no Declarations of Interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda.
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Minutes and Action Log PDF 103 KB (i) To receive the minutes of meetings held on the 13th November 2023. (ii) To review and update the Action log Minutes: The minutes of the 13th November 2023 were agreed by Panel members present, as a true and accurate reflection of the meeting and ratified accordingly by the Vice-Chair.
Additional comments raised from the minutes of the 13th November as follows:
· Panel requested the criteria for Virements under the Financial Regulation be shared. Panel were assured that Service Areas across the organisation all follow the criteria set out. o Scheme of Virement (Section 16 of the Constitution para16.87) Why is this important?
· A discussion took place on the viability of the Council issuing a 10-year Capital Programme, seen by the Panel as beneficial to have similar discipline across Services i.e., Education operate a 10-year programme under Sustainable Communities for Learning. The Portfolio Holder felt the current 5-year programme, given the financial climate, held certain risk and a 10-year programme based on assumptions was not a viable option. · The recent motion in Full Council in respect of sales of Council Assets was raised if this would have consequences for capital decision making in future. It was clarified that there would be no immediate impact within the current financial year. The delay, if any, to future sales would only be until relevant and effective policies had been updated and were in place.
Action log: The Action Log was shared with Panel Members. · The Council Tax Base Rate total discounts in respect of the financial year 2023/24 had been updated with the following information received from Andrew Griffiths: o Gross Council Tax liability: £136.5m o Discounts awarded: £11.3m o Exemptions awarded: £4.6m o Council Tax Reduction: £11.1m o Disabled Band Reduction; £0.3m · Council Tax re-evaluation will form part of the Consultation process by Welsh Government. |
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Forward Work Programme PDF 80 KB To note that the schedule of meetings is as follows: Minutes: Noted.
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Exempt Item To consider passing the following Resolution:
RESOLVE to exclude the public for the following item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 3 of The Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007).
The Monitoring Officer has determined that category 3 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 14.8 of the Council's Access to Information Rules) was that to make this information public would disclose information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
These factors in his view outweigh the public interest in disclosing this 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 item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 3 of The Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007).
The Monitoring Officer has determined that category 3 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 14.8 of the Council's Access to Information Rules) was that to make this information public would disclose information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
These factors in his view outweigh the public interest in disclosing this 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.
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Financial Pressures 2024/25 To receive and consider an update on the 2024/25 financial pressures. Minutes: An update was shared with Panel on the Financial Pressures 2024/25.
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