COUNTY COUNCIL
14th OCTOBER, 2009
PRESENT: |
Councillor W.T. Evans (Chair) |
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Councillors: |
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S. M. Allen |
Mrs. T. Devichand |
J. E. Jones |
A. D. T. Speake | |||
Ms. M. P. Binney |
S. P. Dunn |
Mrs. P. E. M. Jones |
Mrs. L.M. Stephens | |||
M. J. P. Burns |
D. T. Enoch |
W. H. Jones |
T. Theophilus | |||
S. Caiach |
Ms. L. Evans |
W. J. Lemon |
D. Thomas | |||
A. P. Cooper |
M. H. Evans |
P. H. Lewis |
Mrs. G. Thomas | |||
J. D. G. Crossley |
W. J. W. Evans |
D. J. R. Llewellyn |
K. P. Thomas | |||
A. Davies |
M. B. Hughes |
D.A. Lloyd |
Mrs. S. E. Thomas | |||
D. B. Davies |
P. Hughes Griffiths |
S. J. Lloyd-Janes |
W. David Thomas | |||
D.J. Davies |
I. J. Jackson |
K. Madge |
W. Dorrien Thomas | |||
D. M. Davies |
S. R. James |
A.G. Morgan |
Mrs. J. Tremlett | |||
D. R. Davies |
D. M. Jenkins |
Mrs. P.A. Palmer |
D. A. Williams | |||
J. J .J. Davies |
A. W. Jones |
R. T. Price |
J. E. Williams | |||
T. Davies |
C.M. Jones |
K. D. Rees |
Mrs. J. S. Williams | |||
Mrs. M. L. Davies |
Mrs. E. A. Jones |
D. W. H. Richards |
P. M. Williams | |||
W. K. Davies |
G. O. Jones |
H. C. Scourfield |
G. H. Wooldridge | |||
W. R. A. Davies |
I. G. Jones |
H.B. Shepardson |
Ms. H. E. Wyn | |||
The following officers were also in attendance:- |
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Mr. M. James - Chief Executive |
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Mr. V. Morgan - Director of Education and Children’s Services |
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Mr. R. Workman – Director of Technical Services |
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Mr. B. McLernon – Director of Social Care, Health and Housing |
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Mr. D. Gilbert – Director of Regeneration |
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Mr. C. Burns – Assistant Chief Executive (Customer Focus and Policy) |
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Mr. C. Moore – Head of Financial Services |
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Mr. G. John – Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services |
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Ms. L. Thomas – Head of Administration and Law |
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Mr. E. Bowen - Head of Planning |
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Ms. D. Williams – Press Manager |
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Ms. S. Jones – Principal Democratic Services Officer |
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(Council Chamber, County Hall, Carmarthen – 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.) |
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At the commencement of the meeting a short prayer was offered by Councillor T. Davies.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors E. Dole, Mrs. M. Gravell, W. G. Hopkins, Ms. F. Hughes, P. M. Hughes, J.P. Jenkins, T. J. Jones and D. H. Morgan.
Councillor |
Minute Reference |
Nature of Interest |
M. H. Evans |
12 – “The Big Plan” Carmarthenshire’s Joint Commissioning Strategy for Learning Disability Services 2008 -11. |
Daughter employed in the Social Care, Health and Housing Department. |
● The Chair stated that he was pleased to welcome back Councillor J. E. Jones who had recently been discharged from hospital and hoped that he would continue to make a good recovery. Councillor Jones thanked the Chair for his kind sentiments, and expressed his gratitude to members and officers who had sent get well messages during his illness. He particularly wished to thank Councillor Mrs. G. Thomas, who had been on nursing duty at Prince Philip Hospital, for the excellent care provided.
● The Chair referred in sympathetic terms to the death of the father of Mr. John Rees, the Authority’s former Director of Operations.
● The Chair reported that Mr Neville Gravell, husband of Councillor Mrs Meryl Gravell, was unwell and hoped that he would have a speedy recovery. He also wished Councillor Mrs. Gravell a happy birthday for the 15th October.
● Council was informed that the Housing Division had been awarded the “best efficiency measure” at the recent APSE (Association of Public Service Excellence) awards ceremony held in Cardiff. The Award related to the Division’s innovative approach to housing assistance. It was noted the APSE awards recognised excellence and innovation in the public sector services throughout the UK. The Council commended all staff involved.
● The Chair thanked members and officers who had attended / made a donation to the concert he had hosted in aid of his charity fund at Ffoslas Racecourse on the evening of on 3rd October.
● Appreciation was conveyed to members and officers who had attended the Sunday lunch hosted by Councillor D. W. H. Richards at his home on the 27th September, in aid of the Chair’s charity fund and the Young Farmers’ Clubs.
● The Chair congratulated the Carmarthenshire Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs upon winning the recent public speaking competition hosted by the Western Mail. He also congratulated the Junior Team upon being awarded second place in the competition.
The Chair welcomed Mr Roger Hayes, Chair of the Standards Committee, to the meeting and invited him to present the Annual Report of the Standards Committee for the 2008/09 period.
Mr Hayes thanked the Council for the opportunity of presenting the seventh Annual Report on behalf of the Standards Committee, covering the period from 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2009. He provided members with an overview of the principal matters that had been addressed, and the conclusions and actions initiated.
Mr Hayes was pleased to report that the revised Code of Conduct seemed to be a significant success, as evidenced by the reduction in applications to the Standards Committee for dispensations. He paid tribute to the officers involved in providing training to County, Town and Community Councillors on this issue.
With regard to dispensation applications, Mr Hayes stated that the Standards Committee endeavoured to facilitate the democratic process in its consideration of these applications. He stated that the Committee had only refused one request for dispensation to vote and had not refused any dispensation applications to speak and he would be proud to report this at the All Wales Standards Conference.
Mr Hayes congratulated the Council on its excellent Whistleblowing policy which had been revised, making it more user friendly and which had been publicised to staff at all levels.
Mr Hayes informed Council that he had reported at the last meeting of the Standards Committee that he had tendered his resignation as a member of the Committee. He expressed his appreciation to the Chief Executive and Leader of the Council for the letters of thanks he had received from them. Mr. Hayes stated that he had enjoyed his period as a member and Chair of the Committee which he had found to be interesting and stimulating. He expressed his thanks to members of the Committee for their assistance and contributions and also referred to the excellent professional support received from the Council's officers.
The Chair, representataives of the Standards Committee, Group Leaders and the Monitoring Officer thanked Mr Hayes for his contribution to the work of the Committee and for the exemplary and professional manner in which he had chaired the Committee, and wished him well for the future.
Mr Hayes thanked all for their kind sentiments.
Arising from minute no. 16 (Minutes of the Environment Scrutiny Committee held on 2nd July), Council was reminded that in accordance with its decision at the 8th July meeting, the Director of Technical Services had reported that he had written to Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones A.M. Deputy First Minister and Minister for Economy and Transport inviting him to attend a meeting to discuss issues raised under the SWWITCH report and also the delay in the Llandeilo by pass. Council was informed that a reply had now been received from the Deputy First Minister stating that he was unable to accept the invitation at the current time, but indicating that officials from his Department could represent him at a meeting. Council expressed disappointment at the response, particularly in view of the fact that the situation in relation to Cwmgwili junction needed to be resolved urgently as it had been the subject of a number of accidents and two recent fatalities.
It was noted that the Social Justice Scrutiny Committee had recommended that representations should be made to the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) to revert back to a South West Wales Trunk Road Agency. The Chief Executive concurred that it was a matter of concern that following re-structure by the WAG there was now only one Trunk Road Agency serving the entire area between the Severn Bridge and Fishguard.
It was proposed that representations be made to the Deputy First Minister asking him to reconsider his decision, and suggesting that representatives of the Authority could meet him at his Cardiff office if it wasn’t possible for him to attend a meeting in Carmarthenshire.
6.1. that the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the 3rd September 2009 be signed as a correct record.
6.2. that representations be made to Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones A.M., Deputy First Minister and Minister for Economy and Transport, asking him to reconsider his decision not to attend a meeting with the representatives of the Authority to discuss the issues raised under the SWWITCH report, and offering to meet at Cardiff if that was more convenient. Also that the local Assembly members be advised of the Council’s concerns and asked to support the Council’s request for a meeting.
Reference was made to the success of the ceremony to confer the freedom of the county of Carmarthenshire upon the Royal Welsh. It had been extremely pleasing to note the large public attendance to witness the ceremony at Guildhall Square and the parade. Appreciation was expressed to the Chair and to staff involved in arranging the event.
Council was reminded that at its meeting held on the 8th July 2009 (Minute No. 8 refers), it had considered a report which outlined progress on the preparation of the Local Development Plan (LDP) and authority had been granted for officers to correct typographical and grammatical errors and to make amendments to the Preferred Strategy which did not fundamentally alter its contents. It was noted that these had now been undertaken and the revised document was presented to Council in order to endorse the final version for public consultation.
The Head of Planning informed Council that in terms of new information, reference was made to the housing land supply figures presented in the report and the habitat information contained within the appendices.
The Head of Planning sought Council’s guidance regarding the length of the consultation period, which was required to be a minimum of 6 weeks. It was proposed that the consultation period should extend until the 31st December 2009.
Reference was made to water quality issues in the Burry Inlet and a question was asked in relation to the procedure for dealing with planning applications in the surrounding area? The Head of Planning explained that no major planning applications had been determined in this area for the last 18 months. He explained that habitat assessments were included in the LDP and applications would be measured against these criteria. The Head of Planning informed Council that 2 recent scientific studies, including one by Metoc plc on behalf of Dwr Cymru had concluded that there was no causal link between shellfish mortality and water quality in the Burry Inlet. The Chief Executive referred to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Environment Agency Wales, Countryside Council for Wales and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water on water quality issues within the Burry Inlet and he stated that a scientific assessment, incorporating a number of Environmental Impact Assessments, was due to be completed by March 2010. He stated that copies of the Metoc plc study were available upon request.
A question was asked as to whether provision had been included in relation to development in flood risk areas? The Head of Planning replied that a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment would be undertaken. He stated that surface water issues would also be taken into consideration.
With reference to the proposed Ammanford / Cross Hands growth area, a question was asked as to whether the infrastructure could sustain such growth? The Head of Planning explained that the consultation period provided an opportunity to challenge the sustainability strategy and to suggest acceptable growth limits, if it was considered that the current provision was unsatisfactory.
Arising from section SP6 “Affordable Housing”, reference was made to the following sentence “Provision will be made, through the expression of a viable and deliverable target, for an appropriate level of affordable housing within the County”. A question was asked as to whether this reference to affordable housing should be expanded? The Head of Planning stated that there was more comprehensive reference to Affordable Housing under section 7 of the report. He stated that local needs were more applicable to rural areas and explained that the present UDP contained criteria based policy. The Head of Planning stated that there would be an opportunity at the Deposit stage to include observations on this issue.
Arising from section SP11 “Renewable Energy”, clarification was sought in relation to the following reference “Large scale wind power developments will only be approved in the Brechfa Forest Strategic Search Area, as defined in TAN 8”. A question was asked as to whether this meant that the Authority would support every application within this Search Area? The Head of Planning explained that it did not mean that all applications within the Search Area would be supported, but rather that only applications within the Search Area would be considered. He stated that changes in legislation meant that in future, large energy projects would not be considered by local Authorities, but would be referred to a new government commission, namely the Infrastructure Planning Commission, for determination.
Arising from the following reference in paragraph LID 32 “Health and recreation are important issues for the LDP as there is a strong link between land use planning and healthy living”, a question was asked as to why some large development sites were granted consent, without a condition that green space should be incorporated into the scheme? The Head of Planning stated that the reference arose from the Community strategy and explained that whilst there was a link between land use planning and recreation, it was not possible to deliver all aspirations. He explained that the Authority considered each application on its merits and on the basis of the circumstances prevailing, either sought on site provision, with accompanying contribution to future maintenance, or alternatively sought a contribution to a strategic project under Section 106. He stated that the Regeneration and Leisure Task and Finish Group had considered the issue of open space provision and had concluded that a plethora of small play areas was not sustainable. He stated that a Green Space assessment, partly funded by the Countryside Council for Wales was being undertaken in conjunction with the Leisure and Street Scene Divisions.
Arising from reference to population growth, a question was asked as to whether provision would be made to increase NHS funding accordingly? The Chief Executive explained that the WAG allocation to each Authority was calculated on the basis of population.
RESOLVED:
8.1. that the LDP Preferred Strategy be endorsed for public consultation together with the Preliminary Screening Report for the Habitats Regulations Assessment and the Initial Report for the Sustainability Appraisal/Strategic Environmental Assessment.
8.2. that the closing date for the public consultation period be 31st December 2009.
Council was informed that the Executive Board, at its meeting held on the 7th September, 2009 (Minute No. 3 refers), had considered the Annual Treasury Management and Prudential Indicator Report which summarised activity that had taken place during 2008/2009 under the headings of: Investments; Borrowing; Prudential Indicators and Leasing. The report consolidated the Authority’s performance which had been reported on a quarterly basis to the Executive Board during the year.
The Council expressed its appreciation to the staff in delivering an above average performance in terms of the Authority’s investments.
RESOLVED: that the following recommendation of the Executive Board be adopted:
“that the Annual Treasury Management and Prudential Indicator Report for 2008/09 be received.”
Council was informed that the Executive Board, at its meeting held on the 7th September, 2009 (Minute No. 6 refers), had considered a report on a proposed Single Equality Bill which would replace all current legislation with a single Act and would form the basis of the statutory requirement of the Authority.
RESOLVED: that the following recommendations of the Executive Board be adopted:
1. “that in accordance with the timetable detailed within the report, a Single Equality Scheme be developed for the Authority.
2. that the briefing on the Equality Bill and legislative timetable be noted.”
Council was informed that the Executive Board, at its meeting held on the 7th September, 2009 (Minute No. 6 refers), had considered a report on the proposed gas pipeline project and energy efficiency scheme in the Upper Brynamman Renewal area.
It was noted that a specialist organisation, Warm Wales, had approached the Authority regarding a proposal to provide mains gas in Brynamman by working in partnership with Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and the local network provider, details of which were set out within the report. Members welcomed the proposals and commended the project as a good example of partnership working.
A question was asked as to whether there was a possibility that the scheme could be extended to other locations in the vicinity e.g. Cefnbrynbrain, Rhosaman and Ystradowen? The Director of Social Care, Health and Housing replied that one of the proposals for Council’s consideration was to undertake further investigations to determine if other areas in the county might benefit from similar intervention and support with regard to extending the gas network.
RESOLVED that the following recommendations of the Executive Board be adopted:
“that the proposed gas pipeline project and energy efficiency scheme for the Upper Brynamman Renewal area be supported in principle and that it be agreed to :-
● support a scheme which provided mains gas to the Brynamman area and provided financial support to improve energy efficiency measures to home owners and tenants
● provide £100,000 from private sector housing capital
● enter into a partnership arrangement with Warm Wales and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council with regard to the delivery of the scheme.
● undertake further investigation to determine if other areas in the county might benefit from similar intervention and support with regard to extending the gas network.”
(NOTE: Councillor M. H. Evans had earlier declared a personal interest in this item).
Council was informed that the Executive Board, at its meeting held on the 21st September 2009 (Minute No. 6 refers), had considered Carmarthenshire’s Joint Commissioning Strategy which had been jointly developed by the Authority and Carmarthenshire Local Health Board and covered social care, health and housing related support services. The Strategy had been subject to a consultation exercise to ensure the views of stakeholders, including service users, parents, carers and service providers had informed the development of the Strategy.
The Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services reminded Council that it had previously considered the draft version of the document and the final version contained only minor alterations as compared with the draft. He stated that the Carmarthenshire Local Health Board had approved the final version and some aspects of the plan were already being implemented in conjunction with health partners and neighbouring local authorities e.g. respite breaks.
The Chief Executive referred to the photograph on the front cover of the document, showing adults with learning disabilities working on the wild boar sculpture for Ammanford. He stated that members of the same team had produced the dragon sculpture on the Blue street roundabout in Carmarthen and they had also had been commissioned by the developers to produce a series of sculptures for the new shopping centre in Carmarthen.
Council was reminded that at its meeting held on 12th June, 2009 an exhibition of craft products produced as part of the STEPS project had been displayed in the foyer at County Hall and had been commended as being of an excellent quality. Council was also informed of a book, produced by a number of the county’s residents who had mental health problems, which had been launched recently and which was extremely informative and interesting.
A question was asked regarding arrangements for continuity of care in instances where the carers were no longer able to continue with caring duties due to ill health or other reasons? The Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services explained that a transition service had been established to deal with cases of this kind and a joint appointment with the Authority’s health partners had been made recently to deal with cases in the 16-25 age group. He stated that wherever possible, clients were assisted to live at home if that was their wish, or they could be placed with families.
In reply to a question regarding residential placements out of county, the Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services stated that there were significant costs attached to such placements. The Authority proposed to expand the number of locally based options such as supported living as opposed to residential care, although an element of residential care would always be required.
In reply to a question regarding whether the demand for speech therapists was able to be met, including therapy via the medium of Welsh, the Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Services stated that whilst provision had improved, demand for this service continued to exceed provision. He gave an assurance that the Authority used its resources as efficiently as possible in this area.
RESOLVED: that the following recommendation of the Executive Board be adopted:
“that the results of the consultation period be received and the final document of ‘The Big Plan’ - The Joint Commissioning Strategy for Learning Disability Services 2009-11 be approved.”
Council was reminded that at its meeting held on the 12th November 2008, it had adopted the majority of recommendations put forward by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales’ initial report of July 2008.
The Executive Board, at its meeting held on 21st September 2009, had been informed that it had since been ascertained that the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales’ had recommended that Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) should only be paid to leaders of the political groups (as defined in the 2002 regulations) if their respective groups consisted of at least 10% of the Council’s membership. As a result, the Council’s Members’ Allowances’ Scheme as contained within the Constitution would require amendment to reflect this change, and to ensure that Leaders of any other groups formed in the future would be aware of the conditions required to be met before payment of an SRA could be made.
RESOLVED: that the following recommendation of the Executive Board be adopted:
“that the Council’s Members’ Allowances Scheme contained within the Constitution be amended to reflect the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales’s recommendation that Special Responsibility Allowance should only be paid to leaders of other political groups (as defined in the 2002 regulations) if their respective groups consist of at least 10% of the Council’s membership.”
Arising from minute no. 9 “Modernising Education Provision (MEP) report on the strategic review of Caio CP School”, the Executive Board’s decision to request the Assembly Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills to meet urgently with senior representatives of the Authority to discuss the future provision of education at Caio C.P. School, was welcomed.
Arising from minute no. 10 “MEP proposal to discontinue Cefnbrynbrain and Ystradowen CP Schools”, concern was expressed at the proposals and a view was expressed that one of the reasons for the recent decline in the number of pupils was due to uncertainty regarding the schools’ future. The Director of Education and Children’s Services stated that there were currently 8 pupils at Cefnbrynbrain School and 4 pupils at Ystradowen. He stated that officers from his Department were due to meet with the governors of both schools to discuss the situation shortly. It was noted that as an interim measure the Governors had decided to educate the pupils of both schools on a joint basis for 4 days per week. The Director stated that a number of former pupils had transferred to Ysgol y Bedol at Byrnamman due to the excellent facilities at that school. Reference was made to recent planning consents in the area for large housing developments and concern was expressed that Ysgol y Bedol would not be able to sustain further large increases in pupil intake. The Director suggested that members take the opportunity of submitting their views to the Assembly Minister as part of the consultation process.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
Arising from minute no. 5 “Dog Control Orders” some concerns were raised regarding the proposal that the maximum numbers of dogs that could be exercised by one person at any one time be limited to 3. This could be problematic for professional dog walkers and also for people who cared for rescued greyhounds as they needed exercise several times a day and up to 6 were usually exercised together. Concern was also expressed at the fact that earlier in the year when Carmarthenshire Hunt had visited Pendine, hunting dogs had been allowed onto the beach which had led to many complaints, and upon querying the situation, it had transpired that there was an exemption for hunting dogs. Council was informed that that there would be an opportunity during the Consultation period to include observations on this issue.
Arising from minute no. 6 “Environment Scrutiny Committee Forward Work Programme”, reference was made to resolution 6.4 where it had been decided that the Committee would receive half yearly reports on the Highways/Bridge maintenance backlog. Reference was made to the inconvenience caused to visitors to the Pemberton Stadium as a result of the weight restriction on Trostre Bridge which meant that coaches had to do a detour. The Director of Technical Services stated that he would ask Network Rail, the owners of the bridge, for an update on the situation.
RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
Arising from minute no. 5 “Revenue and capital budget monitoring report”, concern was expressed that proposals for the provision of new mobile classrooms at Furnace CP School had been affected by the recent refusal of planning consent based on new flood projection levels by the Environment Agency for a 1 in 1,000 year flood event. The Director of Education and Children’s Services stated that the land on which the new school would be sited was not in a flood risk area.
Arising from minute no. 6 “Meeting demand for Welsh medium primary education in Llanelli” a view was expressed that it was hoped that a policy of Welsh medium education could be expanded in the 16 junior and infant English Medium schools in Llanelli by undertaking a survey of staff language skills and providing additional training to those staff who wished to increase their confidence and ability to teach through the medium of Welsh. The Director of Education and Children’s Services accepted that it would be advantageous if permanent staff were able to provide Welsh medium education and he reminded Council that it was a matter for the Governing Bodies of the individual schools to consider when appointing staff.
Arising from minute no. 8 “Quality and standards in education and training in Wales – a report on the quality of Carmarthenshire Local Education Authority services by ESTYN, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales” the views expressed at the meeting in relation to the poor quality of the ESTYN report and findings were endorsed.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
Council was informed that the reference on the list of attendees should be amended to read that Mr K. Reeves was Chief Executive of Dyfed Powys Police Authority and not Chair as noted in the minutes.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received subject to the following correction to the list of attendees:
Mr K. Reeves – Chief Executive of the Dyfed Powys Police Authority.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the report of the above meeting be received.
Council was informed that Councillor A.G. Morgan, the Chair of the Appeals Committee, had resigned as a member of the Committee. Councillor Morgan was thanked for his service as a member and Chair of the Committee.
RESOLVED: that the following amendment to Committee membership be approved in accordance with Corporate Procedure Rule CPR 2 (2) (l):
That Councillor S. M. Allen replaces Councillor A.G. Morgan on the Appeals Committee.
In accordance with Corporate Procedure Rule CPR 4 (2) and CPR 17.6, Council considered nominations for Chair of the Appeals Committee for the remainder of the 2009/10 Municipal Year:
RESOLVED: that Councillor D. W. H. Richards be elected Chair of the Appeals Committee for the remainder of the 2009/10 Municipal Year.
The Council was informed that following the Appeals Committee’s dismissal of an appeal against a decision by officers not to provide free school transport, the family of the child concerned had sought to challenge this decision by applying to the High Court for a Judicial Review of the decision.
The Council had sought advice from a barrister on the matter and in accordance with that advice it was recommended that the decision of the Appeals Committee be set aside for the reasons outlined in the report and that this particular appeal be re-heard by a differently constituted Appeals Committee. As four of the six currently appointed members of the Appeals Committee had sat on this appeal in June 2009 it would not be possible for them to sit and re-hear this appeal. Council was therefore requested to appoint 5 members to sit on this ad hoc Appeals Committee.
Council was also asked to consider granting the Chief Executive delegated powers to convene any such future Ad hoc Appeals Committee should the need arise.
RESOLVED:
32.1 that the following members be appointed to sit on an ad hoc Appeals Committee to consider an appeal by the family concerned against the decision of the Council not to provide their child with free transport:
Councillor S. M. Allen
Councillor Ms. L. Evans
Councillor A. W. Jones
Councillor H. B. Shepardson
Councillor P. M. Williams
32.2 that the Chief Executive be granted delegated powers to convene any such future Ad hoc Appeals Committee should the need arise.