Agenda and minutes

Partnerships Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 16th November, 2023 10.00 am

Venue: Hybrid Meeting via Microsoft Teams/Sir Abraham Darby Meeting Room, General Offices, Ebbw Vale

Contact: Email: committee.services@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Simultaneous Translation

You are welcome to use Welsh at the meeting, a minimum notice period of 3 working days is required should you wish to do so.  A simultaneous translation will be provided if requested.

 

Minutes:

It was noted that no requests had been received for the simultaneous translation service.

 

2.

Apologies

To receive.

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were reported.

 

3.

Declarations of Interest and Dispensations

To receive.

Minutes:

Councillor W. Hodgins declared an interest in the following:

 

Item No. 8 Position Statement of Performance Against the Service Level Agreement with the Shared Resource Service (SRS) for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023.

 

4.

Partnerships Scrutiny Committee pdf icon PDF 75 KB

To receive the decisions of the Special Partnerships Scrutiny Committee held on 19th October, 2023.

 

(Please note the decisions are submitted for points of accuracy only.)

Minutes:

The decisions of the Special Partnerships Scrutiny Committee held on 19th October, 2023 were submitted.

 

The Committee unanimously AGREED that the decisions be accepted as a true recording of proceedings.

 

 

5.

Action Sheet pdf icon PDF 50 KB

To receive.

Minutes:

The Action Sheet arising from the Special meeting held on 19th October, 2023 was submitted.

 

The Committee AGREED that the action sheet be noted.

Change in Agenda Order

The Chair reported that Item No. 8 would be considered first on the agenda.

 

6.

Position Statement of Performance against the Service Level Agreement with the Shared Resource Service (SRS) for the period 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 pdf icon PDF 270 KB

To consider the report of the Chief Officer Commercial and Customer.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Chief Officer Commercial & Customer.

 

The Committee AGREED to recommend that Option 1 be accepted, namely:

 

·       That the Committee considered the position statement on performance for the period 1st April, 2022 to 31st March, 2023 against the SLA in place with SRS, prior to submission to Cabinet; and

 

·       Receive annual updates as part of the ongoing partnership with SRS.

 

 

7.

Welsh Public Library Standards (WPLS) Annual Return 2021/22 pdf icon PDF 157 KB

To consider the report of the Service Manager Young People and Partnerships.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Service Manager, Young People & Partnerships.

 

The Committee AGREED to recommend that the information detailed in the report be accepted (Option 1).

 

8.

Aneurin Leisure Trust Performance and Monitoring pdf icon PDF 872 KB

To consider the report of the Service Manager Young People and Partnerships.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Service Manager, Young People & Partnerships.

 

The Committee AGREED to recommend that the report be accepted; and to support the Trust in making energy savings, the Committee recommended that the Council look at works that needed to be undertaken to utilise the energy centre on the Steelworks Site. (Option 2)

 

9.

Forward Work Programme: 22nd February 2024 pdf icon PDF 105 KB

To receive.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to report of the Scrutiny & Democratic Officer.

 

The Welsh Libraries Report would be submitted to a future meeting of the Committee.

 

The Committee AGREED, subject to the foregoing, that the report be accepted and the FWP for the meeting on 22nd February, 2024 be accepted (Option 1).