Agenda and minutes

Agreed that Councillor E.V.Latham be appointed Chairperson for the meeting.

Councillor E.V.Latham welcomed all to the meeting and a roll call was completed.

No announcements were received.

No declarations of interest were received.

That the minutes of the 15^th December 2022 be approved as an accurate reflection of the meeting.

Decisions:

1.           That grant assistance of £1500pa, be awarded to The Trustees of Cwmavon Hornets Amateur Boxing Club, in relation to a new lease at Cwmavon Boys Club, until the next rent review.

2.           That grant assistance of £550pa, be awarded to The Trustees of Afan Community Fitness Suite, in relation to a new lease of land at Cymmer ATP, until the next rent review.

3.           That the increase in rent of the lease of Michna Street Community Centre be delayed until 1 May 2022, and the existing grant of £4600 pa continue to be provided to The Trustees of NSA Afan until 30 April 2022. Thereafter a grant of £4600 pa will be provided until the next rent review.

4.           That grant assistance of £1000, be awarded to The Trustees of Children’s Wales Air Ambulance, to ensure that the Charity can continue to provide their service throughout Wales.

Reason for Decisions:

To decide on the amount of financial support in respect of the grant application received.

Implementation of Decisions:

The decisions will be implemented after the three day call in period which ends at 9am, Sunday, 13^th February 2022.  No call ins were received.

Any urgent items (whether public or exempt), at the discretion of the Chairperson pursuant to Statutory Instrument 2001 No 2290 (as amended)

No urgent items were received.

That pursuant to Regulation 4 (3) and (5) of Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2290, the public be excluded for the following item of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 or Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

Decision:

That the Housing Benefit Writes offs, detailed in the private, circulated report, be agreed.

Reason for Decision:

To accounts are irrecoverable.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period which ends at 9am, Sunday, 13^th February 2022.  No call ins were received.