Agenda item

Cabinet Members considered the report of the Head of Corporate Strategy and Democratic Services in relation to the revised Corporate Plan and took into account the views of the Scrutiny Committee held earlier in the day.

Decision:

That having given due regard to the Equality Impact Assessment attached to the circulated report,

1.      the revised Corporate Plan covering the period 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2022 and the associated Equality Impact Assessment, be approved and commended to Council for adoption, subject to the following amendments, in line with the views of the Scrutiny Committee held earlier in the day and to the views of Cabinet:-

·        The statement ‘we will improve’ within the body of the report be confirmed;

·        Page 13 of the report - the phrase ‘Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe’ be amended to read ‘the whole of the Neath Port Talbot county borough’;

·        Page 13 of the report – in relation to the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP), clarification was agreed in that 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 – re ‘A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language’ the contribution to each goal should be amended to read ‘There are plans to strengthen Welsh and bi-lingual education in both pre-school and full time education settings’.

·        Page 6 of the report – in relation to the new performance system (CAMMS) a new abbreviation would 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, delete the word ‘get’ from the phrase ‘get back to work’.

·        Page 28 of the report – ‘stable’ be added to the heading to read ‘Children and Young People in need of stable 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 25 of the report – reference to the Welsh Language Task and Finish Group to be included.

·        Pages 42/43 of the report – Tourism and the Valleys’ Task and Finish Group to be included when the reviews have been finalised.

·        Page 84 of the report – A definition of the term poverty to be developed.

·        Page 21 of the report – It was agreed that the ‘Council Activities’ be further broken down to such areas as Licensing, etc.

·        In relation to the request to add page 21 of the report on the ‘Council Activities’ to the Council Tax bills issues by the Authority, it was agreed that the Director of Finance and Corporate Services would be asked to look into this going forward. 

2.           That delegated authority be given to the Leader of Council to agree any changes to the Plan as a result of any comments received at Council together with any other minor changes that might be necessary prior to the publication of the Plan.

Reason for Decision:

To ensure the revisions made to the Corporate Plan are approved, meeting legal duties set out in the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 as they relate to council corporate planning activities.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision is for immediate implementation. The Chair of the relevant Scrutiny Committee had agreed to this course of action.  There would therefore be no call in of this decision.