Agenda and minutes

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

To receive any apologies for absence.

No apologies for absence had been received.

To receive any declarations of interest or dispensations.

No declarations of interest or dispensations were reported.

To consider the decisions of the meeting held on 26^th October, 2022.

To consider the decisions of the Cabinet Meeting held on 26^th October, 2022.

RESOLVED that the decisions be accepted as a true record of proceedings.

To consider the decisions of the Special Cabinet meeting held on 15^th November, 2022.

To consider the decisions of the Special Cabinet Meeting held on
15^th November, 2022.

RESOLVED that the decisions be accepted as a true record of proceedings.

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Resources.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Cabinet approved the Council Tax base calculation for 2023/24 as detailed in Appendix 1 tables 1 to 6, and that the council tax base for tax setting purposes be 20,806.70.

Consideration was given to the Minutes of the Grants Working Group held on 10^th November, 2022.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the information contained therein be noted.

Consideration was given to the joint report from the Chief Officer Commercial and Customer and the Chief Operating Officer, SRS Shared Resource Service.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the position statement be approved against the objectives set out in the Business Case and annual updates as part of the ongoing partnership with SRS be received
(Option 1).

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director Regeneration and Community Services.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and agreed the Tredegar Placemaking Plan, its vision and core ambitions for the future. This would enable the Authority to finalise the draft of the delivery plan and steps towards implementation of the projects that would be contained within it (Option 2).

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director Regeneration and Community Services.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the detail contained within the annual monitoring report and agreed the content before publication (Option 1).

Consideration was given to the report of the Corporate Director Education.

The Leader advised that the Partnership Scrutiny Committee had considered the report on 22^nd November 2022 and supported Option 2, namely Members are requested to consider the information detailed within the report and make appropriate recommendations prior to final approval. The Scrutiny Committee recommended that Cabinet consider the request that in future monitoring reports, as well as the 6 monthly monitoring information, an overview was provided of future financial planning.

This recommendation was supported by the Leader and Cabinet Members.

RESOLVED accordingly.

FURTHER RESOLVED, subject to the foregoing, that the report be accepted and Option 2 be endorsed, namely that the information detailed within the report together the Scrutiny Committee recommendation be approved.