Agenda and draft minutes

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chairperson

Minutes:

Agreed that Councillor P.A.Rees be appointed Chairperson for the meeting.

2.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 11 KB

Minutes:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 2 September 2021, be approved.

3.

Forward Work Programme 2021/2022 pdf icon PDF 276 KB

Minutes:

That the Forward Work Programme be noted.

4.

Quarter 1 2021/22 Quarterly Performance Report pdf icon PDF 236 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the monitoring report be noted.

5.

Christmas and New Year Opening Times 2021 pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the Christmas and New Year opening times for 2021/22 for leisure centres, swimming pools, Margam country park, libraries, museums, theatres and community centres within Neath Port Talbot, as detailed in appendix 1 and 2 to the circulated report, be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To ensure that the Council’s facilities are available to the public when there is a demand for them to be open, and to enable managers to make appropriate arrangements with front line staff over their annual leave.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

6.

Welsh Medium Grant - Outline Plan pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That, taking into account the Integrated Impact Assessment and summary, as detailed in the circulated report, the submission of an expression of interest application to Welsh Government for Increasing Welsh Medium Provision Capital Grant funding (2022 – 2026), be approved.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To ensure that the Council has the opportunity to benefit from the available Welsh-medium capital grant funding to increase and enhance Welsh-medium provision in the county borough.

 

Implementation of Decision:

 

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

 

7.

Estyn’s Five Recommendations in Response to Covid 19 pdf icon PDF 230 KB

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.

8.

Adult Community Learning Update pdf icon PDF 141 KB

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.

9.

Youth Service Update pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.

10.

Employability and Skills Programmes within Education Leisure and Life Long Learning pdf icon PDF 291 KB

Minutes:

Decision:

 

That the report be noted.