Agenda item

Decisions:

1.        That the Chief Executive submit the response in regard to the Council’s Challenge to the Welsh Commissioner’s letter with the stipulation that dialogue continues to seek a mutually acceptable agreement on those standards where agreement has not yet been reached;

2.        That the Chief Executive be granted delegated authority to make any further minor presentational changes prior to submission of the response to the Welsh Language Commissioner, subject to:-

·               Standard 41- that where the original source was through the medium of Welsh this should be treated as the official record for legal or other purposes;

·               Standard 61 – that Officers seek further information to identify practical issues that will arise in relation to the translation of Street Signs;

·               That next monitoring reports include the impact of adhering to the standards in relation to cost and other impacts.

Reason for Decisions:

To authorise a response along with additional information to be provided to the Welsh Language Commissioner, together with the Council’s proposals for the Final Compliance Notice to be modified in order for the Welsh Language Standards to be applied to the Council in the first instance are reasonable and proportionate.

Implementation of Decisions:

The decision is for immediate implementation.  The Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee had agreed to this course of action and there would therefore be no call-in of this decision.