Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Rooms A/B - Neath Civic Centre. View directions
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MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS PDF 54 KB Minutes: The
minutes of the meeting held on 6 December, 2019, were approved. |
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ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY UPDATE 2015-2020 PDF 76 KB Minutes: Officers
explained Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council’s position against the
targets set out within the Road Safety Strategy 2015-2020. It
was highlighted that the latest quantified data for Neath Port Talbot showed significant
reductions across key Welsh Government Road Safety Indicators when measured
against 2004-2008 baseline data. A
discussion took place on the 20mph zones throughout the county borough. Officers explained that the majority of zones
were located around schools, those speed limits were advisory not mandatory,
although the whole of Sandfields estate was a
mandatory 20mph zone. Officers
informed Members that GoSafe the Welsh Casualty
Reduction Partnership took a stringent approach on speeding, areas had to meet
their criteria as they had to justify what was needed. Officers
went onto explain that they worked closely with local Primary Schools,
Comprehensive Schools, Colleges and the community to raise awareness of road
safety issues. Members
thanked the Road Safety Team for all their good work. |
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PRE-DECISION SCRUTINY To
select appropriate items from the Cabinet agenda for pre-decision scrutiny
(reports enclosed for Scrutiny Members) Minutes: Passenger
Transport Officers
explained that during 2021 the council would need to retender all local bus
routes which are currently subsidised by Welsh Government Bus Services Support
Grant (BSSG). Following scrutiny, the committee were supportive of the proposal to
be considered by cabinet board. Traffic
Order: Taxi Rank, Port Talbot A
discussion took place on the proposed alterations to the existing Traffic
Regulation Order at Lower Station Road, Port Talbot. Officers explained that alterations to the existing Traffic Regulation
Order would provide an extended dedicated 24-hour Taxi Rank to serve Lower
Station Road, Port Talbot. Following scrutiny, the committee was supportive of the proposal to be
considered by cabinet board. |
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FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME 2019/2020 PDF 60 KB Minutes: The
Forward Work Programme was noted. A
Forward Work Programme Session would take place during the new civic year. |
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URGENT ITEM (Whether
public or exempt) at the discretion of the Chairman pursuant to Section 100B
(4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972 Minutes: With
the permission of the Chair the following was raised an urgent item for
discussion at today’s meeting pursuant to Section 100A(4)
and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972. Reason: Due
to the time element. |
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PRE-DECISION SCRUTINY Minutes: Key
Performance Indicators 2019/2020 – Quarter 3 (1 April 2019 – 31 December 2019) Members
received an overview of the report on Quarter 3 Performance Indicators. Members
requested that in future reports show a clearer explanation in the Performance
Indicator detail. Following
scrutiny, it was agreed that the report be noted. |