Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Presentation Room, Port Talbot & Microsoft Teams
Contact: Alison Thomas Email: a.thomas6@npt.gov.uk
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Chair's Announcements Decision: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. Minutes: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. |
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Declarations of interest Decision: Cllr
S Pursey – Personal – Trustee of Taibach Community Library. Minutes: Cllr
S Pursey – Personal – Trustee of Taibach Community Library. |
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Corporate Strategy 2025/2028 Additional documents:
Decision: Members
conisdered the reported as circulated within the agenda pack. Following
scrutiny, the recommendation was supported to Cabinet. Minutes: Members
considered the reported as circulated within the agenda pack. The
Director of Strategy and Corporate Services introduced the strategy. The
current corporate plan was approved in July 2024 and following feedback from
all scrutiny committees during the year, a review was undertaken to consider
how to strengthen the way the authority articulated how it is delivering
against its four well-being objectives. The content has been streamlined to be
clearer and more concise and simplify the way that key priorities are
presented, ensuring greater accountability in terms of the measures being used
and clarity of purpose. The
document now has one overarching vision for Neath Port Talbot, as opposed to a
vision for each of the four well-being objectives. The strategy now includes
four key cross-cutting areas: cost of living and poverty prevention, climate
change and decarbonisation, Welsh language, cultural and heritage inequalities
and diversity and inclusion. The strategy is underpinned by annual Heads of
Service delivery plans and includes service user perspectives from a residents
survey. Officers
advised that each of the service delivery plans will come before the various
scrutiny committees during the year to ensure that there is regular
consideration and opportunity to hold the plan to account and ensure that the
authority is delivering on its priorities. Members
enquired about the residents survey and the inclusion of additional questions.
Officers confirmed that the full survey was considered by Cabinet in May. This
information would be circulated with the scrutiny committee and that additional
questions could be included. Members
sought clarification on the governance arrangements around the business plans,
including the producing, approving and scrutinising of the plans. It was
confirmed that each Head of Service has a business plan aligned with the
well-being objectives, which will be monitored by the relevant scrutiny
committees. It
was noted by members that in reference to play areas and active travel, both
items are caveated by the term subject to funding. Members noted that all items
are subject to funding, so were uncertain with why these two particular items
have been caveated. Officers advised that these two items are subject to grant
funding, therefore have been caveated to reflect this. With
regards to performance measures, members expressed their concern that the
measures currently outlined for libraries does not reflect the benefits to and
use by the community of the libraries. Officers were asked to consider adding
additional measures for the libraries. Officers noted that the use of libraries
is reflected in the library strategy. Officers outlined that it is important
that any data collected through performance measures should be able to be
collected year on year and be reliable and indicative of the use of the
libraries. Officers
provided information with regards to how street cleanliness will be measured.
Each zone supervisor undertakes one cleanliness inspection per week and will
provide a cleanliness score. This information is consolidated and compared to
the Keep Wales Tidy statistics that are received. Members noted the importance of gathering data from residents and recognised ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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Urgent Items Any
urgent items at the discretion of the Chairperson pursuant to Section
100BA(6)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). Decision: There
were no urgent items. Minutes: There
were no urgent items. |