Minutes:
RESOLVED: that the Minutes of the
following meetings of Council be confirmed:-
2016/17
15 March, 2017 (Special)
15 March, 2017
2017/18
26 May, 2017
31 May, 2017
Note: Re: Minutes of the Council
meeting of 15 March 2017, Minute Number 9 re the Welsh in Education Strategic
Plan 2017/20 (WESP) refers, Members asked whether a formal response had been
received from the Welsh Government and were advised that the Authority was
expecting a response by the end of the week. Members were also reminded of the
commitment made by the Authority in the form of £34m investment in Welsh medium
education at Ystalyfera and the second campus
secondary provision in Sandfields.
Re: Minutes of the Council meeting of 15
March 2017, Minute Number 6 re the Welsh Government Consultation on the White
Paper refers, Members asked whether the WLGA had responded to the Welsh
Government on the consultation document and whether the Chief Executive would
be providing a further report on the White Paper published on 18 July 2017.
The Chief Executive advised that this
Authority had responded in its own right to the initial Consultation and that a
further report on the White Paper published on 18th July would be
presented to Members in the autumn.
Re: Minutes of the Council meeting of 26
May 2017, Annex K, Members asked whether Member apologies could record the
reasons for absence, such as illness and maternity leave and were advised, by
the Head of Corporate Strategy and Democratic Services, that the reasons for
absence were currently recorded, however, the system used to publish attendance
needed further change in order to publish the level of detail requested by Members.
It had previously been agreed at Council that this work would be monitored by
the Democratic Services Committee.