Venue: Committee Rooms A/B - Neath Civic Centre. View directions
Contact: Jayne Woodman-Ralph
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Appointment of Chairperson Minutes: Agreed
that Councillor P.D.Richards be appointed Chairperson
for the meeting. |
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Minutes: Noted
by Committee |
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Forward Work Programme 18/19 PDF 264 KB Minutes: That
the report be noted. |
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Western Bay Pooled Fund for Care Homes Options Paper PDF 490 KB Minutes: Decision: That approval be granted for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to
progress Option 1 as detailed in the circulated report as the preferred option
and that Officers work with Western Bay partner organisations to progress
Option 1. Reason for Decision: To allow the authority to be compliant with the Social Services and
Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and has been identified as being the option that
will produce the greatest benefits in 18/19. Implementation of Decision: The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period. |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: Decision: That
the report be noted. |
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Access to Meetings Minutes: That
pursuant to Regulation 4(3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No.2290, the
public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the
likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the undermentioned Paragraphs
of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. |
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Provision of Educational Services at Hillside Minutes: Members
received a verbal update at the meeting explaining that the report for
consideration at today’s meeting was for Members Information and not for
Decision as detailed in the circulated report. Decision That
the report be noted. |
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Contractual Arrangements for Children and Young People Short Break Services Minutes: Decisions: 1.
That approval be granted for the Interim Head of Children and Young
People Services to be granted delegated authority to enter into a new contract
with Action for Children for the provision of short break services until March
31st 2019, with an option to extend this contract for a further
period for up to 12 months; 2.
Approval be granted to, If identified as a requirement, Officers to
commence any required public consultation to support the recommissioning and
procurement of short break services; 3.
That subsequent to a review of current short break services a
competitive open procurement exercise be commenced to recommission these
services; 4.
That following the procurement process the Interim Head of Children and
Young People’s Services be granted delegated authority to enter into new
contract(s) with the bidder(s) evaluated as offering the most economically
advantageous tender (taking into account the quality and cost of the bids) for
the provision of short break services. Reason for
Decisions: To enable the Council to be provided with a legally binding
agreement setting out the approved terms of working with the provider. To offer
protection to the Council in the event of a dispute and ensure that the
provider delivers in line with the Council’s expectations. To ensure that by entering into new interim contractual
arrangements with AFC it will ensure these existing vital front-line services
are not disrupted. To enable the Council, if following a review of the current
service there is a need to fundamentally change the type or level of service,
entering into a public consultation will ensure that the views and opinions of
the public inform the Council’s decision making process. To ensure that by undertaking a procurement exercise for
Children and Young People Short Break services will ensure that the Council is
best placed to
continue meeting the needs and demands of those that require the service
through the purchasing of high quality and finically sustainable services. Implementation of
Decisions: That the decision will be implemented after the three day
call in period. |