Meetings
Every meeting of Cardiff Council's committees. Meetings of the full Council, the Cabinet, scrutiny and planning committees get a plain-language summary once their minutes are published.
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Scrutiny committees question the Cabinet's plans and decisions and can ask them to think again. More in the guide
It then agreed its 2024/25 work programme, a pause to one task and finish group, and a deep dive into football provision. The Committee also resolved to write to the Cabinet Member on the briefing and performance items.
One proposed specialist resource bases for children with additional learning needs at nine Cardiff schools, and the other covered school admission arrangements for 2025/26. For both items the Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its comments.
The committee considered an update on the Corporate Joint Committee (CJC), a body made up of the ten councils in the Cardiff Capital Region, including how scrutiny of its work will operate. It also reviewed how busking is managed in Cardiff city centre. On both items the committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations and recommendations, and no decisions on the substance were recorded.
On recladding, they raised concerns about residents, costs and timing. The Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations.
Scrutiny means councillors questioning the Council's plans. For each item the committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with the committee's comments. The minutes record no other decisions.
On 13 March 2024 the Committee scrutinised two items: how the Council should be governed when it acts as corporate trustee of charities it holds, and a draft Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for 2024-28. For both items the Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations and recommendations. The minutes record no final decision by Cabinet.
Both were pre-decision scrutiny, meaning the Committee examined them before Cabinet decides. The only decision the minutes record is that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's observations.
Members raised questions and concerns about several proposals, including park rangers, library and hub opening hours, and printed newspapers. The minute records one decision: the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities with the committee's observations and recommendations.
The Committee scrutinised the draft 2024/25 budget and draft Corporate Plan for the services within its remit, in four sessions covering finance, waste and recycling, climate change, and transport and planning. The minute records no votes. At the end of each session the Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the relevant Cabinet Member with its comments, and the Cabinet will consider those comments before it finalises the budget.
The committee scrutinised the Cardiff Education: Collaboration and Federation Strategy before Cabinet considers it on 29 February 2024. Members questioned officers and school leaders on job security, consultation and communication, and raised concerns about the timing. The committee also considered the draft Corporate Plan 2024-2027 and draft budget proposals 2024-25 for its areas, and resolved to write to the relevant Cabinet Members with its comments.
Cabinet Members and officers set out the proposals, and Members asked questions on support for refugees and asylum seekers, hubs and libraries, and homecare charges. The Committee agreed that the Chair would write to Cabinet Members with its observations.
The committee held pre-decision scrutiny on three reports due before Cabinet on 18 January 2024: the Cardiff Skateboard Amenity Strategy, the Atlantic Wharf regeneration update, and the Shared Prosperity Fund update. For each, members questioned officers and the Cabinet Member or Leader and asked for their observations to be sent to the Cabinet Member. The minutes record no final decisions by the committee itself.
The committee carried out pre-decision scrutiny, meaning it examined proposals before Cabinet decides them, on primary school places in Cathays and parts of nearby areas. Cabinet is due to consider the proposals on 18 January 2024. The only decision the minute records is that the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member with the committee's comments.
The Committee considered three items: a confidential briefing from Transport for Wales on the Cardiff Bus Interchange project, the proposed City Parking Plan, and progress on the Recycling Strategy for Cardiff. For each, the minutes record only that the Chairperson will write to the relevant body or Cabinet Member with the Committee's comments; no vote on the plan or strategy is recorded. The parking plan was due to go to Cabinet on 18 January 2024.
The Committee considered the Council's budget modelling and 2024/25 budget consultation, and gave pre-decision scrutiny to the draft Participation Strategy 2023/27 before Cabinet considers it. It also received an update on Central Transport Services. On each item the Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with its observations and recommendations.
The committee scrutinised the Council's mid-year performance assessment for 2023/24 before a Cabinet decision, questioning the Leader and Chief Executive on housing, schools and finance.
It received progress updates on tree planting under the Coed Caerdydd project and on Shared Regulatory Services, and it noted the final draft of a joint scrutiny inquiry report on Cardiff's Replacement Local Development Plan. For the first two items, the Committee agreed that the Chair would write to the Cabinet Member with its observations.
The Community & Adult Services Scrutiny Committee carried out pre-decision scrutiny (examining reports before Cabinet decides) of a review of the care home market, including fees for 2024/25, and of housing pressures in Cardiff.
On 7 December 2023 the Committee heard a briefing from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) on how changes to roads and pavements affect visually impaired people, including concerns about temporary bus stop borders. It also scrutinised the Council's Local Air Quality Annual Progress Report before it goes to Cabinet, questioning officers and the Cabinet Member for Climate Change. For both items the minute records only one decision: the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's comments.
For both items, the committee resolved that the Chair write to the Cabinet Member with its comments and observations. The minute records no decision on the committee business update.
It questioned the Cardiff Public Services Board on its progress and governance review, and it looked at the council's month 6 budget monitoring report before Cabinet considers it. In both cases the Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with its observations.
On each of these items the committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with its observations. Two members recorded opposition to the arena funding strategy, and the committee also agreed changes to its work programme.