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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 6 May 2025 and 8 May 2025 be approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED: That the Committee notes the progress which has been made.
RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme, as amended, be approved; and (b) That the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises.
RESOLVED: That the Committee recommends that Cabinet accepts STP Project 12 - The Use of AI and Innovative Assistive Technology in Adult Social Care into the STP.
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee endorses the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Monitoring Report for 2024/25; and (b) That the Committee is assured that the Council has been making progress to meeting the statutory requirements of the Welsh Language Compliance Notice.
RESOLVED: That the Committee is assured by the content and observations of the Auditor General for Wales’ Annual Audit Summary Report 2024.
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee’s comments on the proposed consultation response to Welsh Government proposals to tackle business rate avoidance be referred to Cabinet; and (b) That the Committee recognises that if enacted as suggested, the consultation would result in extra demands on the Revenues service and would therefore invite a revenue bid to strengthen resources, once the outcome of the consultation and subsequent legislation by Welsh Government is known.
RESOLVED: That the appointment of Councillor Bill Crease as Chair of the Committee for the 2025/26 municipal year be noted.
Nominations for Vice-Chair were received for Councillors David Coggins Cogan and Jason Shallcross. On being put to the vote, Councillor Shallcross was appointed. RESOLVED: That Councillor Jason Shallcross be appointed as Vice-Chair for the 2025/26 municipal year.
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The Police and Crime Commission for North Wales was in attendance to provide information on the Independent Custody Visitor Scheme. During discussion, Mr Dunbobbin agreed to provide separate responses to questions on (i) the demographic breakdown of Independent Custody Visitors in North Wales (in particular at Wrexham Custody Suite) and (ii) training modules available to the Independent Custody Visitors. The Chair thanked Mr Dunbobbin for his attendance.
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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 6 May 2025 and 8 May 2025 be approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 6 May 2025 and 8 May 2025 be approved as a correct record.
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RESOLVED: That the Committee notes the progress which has been made.
The Democratic Services Manager presented a report (agenda item 7) on progress with actions from previous meetings. The recommendation was supported. RESOLVED: That the Committee notes the progress which has been made.
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RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme, as amended, be approved; and (b) That the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises.
The Democratic Services Manager presented a Forward Work Programme on the Committee’s Forward Work Programme and agreed to liaise with officers on items yet to be scheduled. In providing an update on IT issues, he asked that Members report any further issues with the Democracy pages on the Council’s website. It was agreed that a report on the Out of Hours Service performance would be scheduled (referred by the Environment and Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee) and that a previously requested item on illegal fly tipping in Queensferry would be added to the forward work programme. On that basis, the recommendations were supported. RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme, as amended, be approved; and (b) That the Democratic Services Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises.
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RESOLVED: That the Committee recommends that Cabinet accepts STP Project 12 - The Use of AI and Innovative Assistive Technology in Adult Social Care into the STP.
The Chief Officer (Social Services) and Strategic Transformation Programme - Digital Lead (Interim) presented a report (agenda item 9) to recommend for Cabinet to accept Project P12 (The use of AI and Innovative Assistive Technology in Adult Social Care) into the Strategic Transformation Programme (STP). The Chief Officer (Governance) reminded Members of the governance arrangements. Following the debate, the Chair’s suggestion for a demonstration of telecare services was welcomed by the Committee. On being put to the vote, the recommendation was supported. RESOLVED: That the Committee recommends that Cabinet accepts STP Project 12 - The Use of AI and Innovative Assistive Technology in Adult Social Care into the STP.
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RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee endorses the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Monitoring Report for 2024/25; and (b) That the Committee is assured that the Council has been making progress to meeting the statutory requirements of the Welsh Language Compliance Notice.
The Chief Executive and Strategic Policy Advisor presented the report (agenda item 10) to consider the draft Welsh Language Annual Report for 2024/25. It was confirmed that the final Annual Report would be published bilingually and that the Welsh version would accompany future reports to this Committee. The Strategic Policy Advisor agreed to contact the Registrar’s Office and share a response on whether the decrease in the total number of marriage ceremonies in 2024/25 represented the full year figure. She would also refer comments on place-names to the Task & Finish Group. The recommendations were supported. RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee endorses the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Monitoring Report for 2024/25; and (b) That the Committee is assured that the Council has been making progress to meeting the statutory requirements of the Welsh Language Compliance Notice.
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RESOLVED: That the Committee is assured by the content and observations of the Auditor General for Wales’ Annual Audit Summary Report 2024.
The Chief Executive presented a report (agenda item 11) on the Annual Audit Summary for 2024 which sets out the audit and regulatory work completed by Audit Wales since the last annual report. Councillor Ibbotson proposed that the Committee note the content and observations of the report and accept the criticisms. On being put to the vote, the motion fell. The recommendation in the report was put to the vote and carried. Councillor Coggins Cogan asked that his abstention be recorded. RESOLVED: That the Committee is assured by the content and observations of the Auditor General for Wales’ Annual Audit Summary Report 2024.
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RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee’s comments on the proposed consultation response to Welsh Government proposals to tackle business rate avoidance be referred to Cabinet; and (b) That the Committee recognises that if enacted as suggested, the consultation would result in extra demands on the Revenues service and would therefore invite a revenue bid to strengthen resources, once the outcome of the consultation and subsequent legislation by Welsh Government is known.
The Chief Officer (Governance) presented a report (agenda item 12) to consider the Council’s proposed response to Welsh Government consultation on measures to address avoidance of non-domestic rates. During discussion, Councillor Ibbotson highlighted the importance of Welsh Government making clear that the list of artificial avoidance arrangements is not exhaustive. He spoke in support of proposed responses to questions 8 and 14 subject to amended wording on the latter that additional financial funding ‘should be’ made available. In respect of the response to Question 3, information on example cases would be circulated the Committee following the meeting. The recommendations, which were amended to reflect the debate, were supported. RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee’s comments on the proposed consultation response to Welsh Government proposals to tackle business rate avoidance be referred to Cabinet; and (b) That the Committee recognises that if enacted as suggested, the consultation would result in extra demands on the Revenues service and would therefore invite a revenue bid to strengthen resources, once the outcome of the consultation and subsequent legislation by Welsh Government is known.
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