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Revised Corporate Plan Minutes: Committee
received the report of the Head of Corporate Strategy and Democratic Services
on the revised Corporate Plan. Members
noted that in relation to Page 82 as it refers to ‘Value and Percentage of contracts
awarded to local companies’, this should read 30% across 2018/19 and 2021-22. Following the presentation of the report the
following points were raised by Members:- ·
That Cabinet be asked to consider amending the statement ‘we will
improve’ within the body of the report, to ‘we will strive to improve’; ·
Page 13 of the report – That Cabinet be asked to consider amending the
phrase ‘Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe’ to read
‘the whole of the county borough’; ·
Page 13 of the report – in relation to the Welsh in Education Strategic
Plan (WESP), clarification was sought where the Plan had been signed off ‘by
the Council’. Members were advised that
the Plan had now been forwarded to Welsh Government for comment; ·
Page 25 of the report – Cabinet was asked to consider amending the
phrase in the Section - ‘A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh
language’ to read ‘There are plans to strengthen Welsh and bi-lingual education
in both pre-school and full time education settings’; ·
Members supported the aim of ‘taking the community with us’, however
with the depleting resources would the Authority be able to prioritise the aims
contained in the Plan? Transport was a
key issue mainly in the valley areas but also throughout the County
Borough. The Leader of Council advised
that a report was awaited from the Valley’s Task and Finish Group; ·
The opportunities for income generation via tourism should also be
explored, the Leader advised that a report had been commissioned in relation to
the future of tourism in the County Borough;
·
Page 6 of the report – in relation to the new performance system (CAMMS)
could a different abbreviation be developed to avoid confusion with the Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS); ·
Page 62 of the report – in relation to the penultimate KPI, could the
word ‘get’ be deleted from the phrase ‘get back to work’. ·
Page 28 of the report – Could the
word ‘safe’ or ‘secure’’ be added to the heading to read ‘Children and Young
People in need of safe/secure protection, care and support will be protected
and safeguarded and more of those children will be able to grow up in a family
setting’; ·
Page 65 of the report – were the objectives contained in the report too
optimistic? Officers advised that the
figures contained in the report were Welsh Government targets. In relation to the increase in minor
incidents, this was due in part to the success of the Authority’s Active Travel
Strategy and the increase in the number of cyclists. This could be addressed by the introduction
of a training programme and increased communication on the cycle tracks
provided; · Members asked whether consideration could be given to adding a paper copy of the report on the ‘Council Activities’ to ... view the full minutes text for item 1. |