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RESOLVED That Councillor Alan Dennison be duly elected as Vice-Chairman for the ensuing Municipal Year.
RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Cabinet that the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2021 – 22 be approved for submission to the Welsh Language Commissioner.
RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Council that the Notice of Motion not be adopted but that the Authority put pressure on Welsh and National Government to consider making St David’s Day a holiday in Wales.
RESOLVED That the Committee approved the items as set out in the Forward Work Programme for 2022-23 and did not require a work programming session at this stage.
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RESOLVED That Councillor Alan Dennison be duly elected as Vice-Chairman for the ensuing Municipal Year.
The Chairman sought nominations for the role of Vice-Chairman. Councillor Mike Stoddart Moved that Councillor Alan Dennison be duly elected; Seconded by Councillor Simon Hancock. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Alan Dennison be duly elected as Vice-Chairman for the ensuing Municipal Year.
No declarations of interest were received.
Moved by Councillor Mike John; Seconded by Councillor Steve Alderman The vote, by way of show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 March 2022 be approved as a correct record.
There were no public submissions or items of correspondence received.
The Corporate Policy and Partnerships Manager and Corporate Planning Manager introduced the Performance Measurement Monthly Monitoring Report for April 2022, provided background information regarding the purpose behind the creation of the scorecard, outlined the key points and welcomed questions from Members. The Committee debated the contents of the report and the key points were highlighted as follows: · Following a request by the Chairman, the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Corporate Improvements and Communities provided an update specifically in relation to the Contact Centre, highlighting that improvements had been made and advising that peaks in demand would always fluctuate and were heavily effected around elections and school admission times. · The Chairman made reference to a figure contained within the data performance report stating that during the period analysed, nearly 13,000[Amended by Minute 10 of Committee – 18 October 2022] calls were not answered, and queried if this figure was correct. The Corporate Planning Manager stated that that figure could be a combination of Contact Centre Calls and direct calls to Officers but agreed to check the figure and report back to the Chairman. The Director of Resources informed Members that the Assistant Chief Executive was currently undertaking a piece of work regarding unanswered direct dial calls to identify reasons why calls were being missed and put measures in place to rectify it. · Members expressed their thanks to all involved in improving the wait times of the Contact Centre queue. · Councillor Alan Dennison queried if the 18 homeless individuals were Pembrokeshire residents of if they had come from out of County and also if comparable data was available for other Authority’s. The Corporate Planning Manager agreed to find out the status of the homeless individuals and advised that comparable data was available. · Councillor Simon Hancock highlighted the figures linked to re-ablement which demonstrated that they were not on target, raised concerns that the matter could delay independence and queried when improvements would be seen. The Corporate Planning Manager outlined the current domiciliary care levels stating that the figures were linked to capacity and stated that he could request further information from the Social Care Directorate if required. · Following concerns raised by Councillor Simon Hancock regarding the high number of Looked After Children, the Corporate Planning Manager informed Member that the Looked After Children Strategy was considered, in depth, during the most recent Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. · On receiving a question from Councillor Reg Owens regarding the number of delayed hospital transfers due to a delay in a care package being created, the Corporate Planning Manager advised that such figures were available publically, to which he would circulate the link. · Councillor Mike Stoddart raised a number of questions in relation to the assessment of need figures to which the Corporate Planning Manager advised that specific figures could be obtained from Social Care colleagues but felt that the main issue was linked to the recruitment and retention of Social Care staff. In summing up the Committee agreed via a show of hands to note the reports and information provided and did not identify any issues whichthey felt needed extra focus/consideration at present.
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RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Cabinet that the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2021 – 22 be approved for submission to the Welsh Language Commissioner.
The Corporate Research & Policy Officer and the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Education and Welsh Languageintroduced the Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2021 – 22, outlined the key points and welcomed questions from Members. The Committee debated the contents of the report and the key points were highlighted as follows: · Councillor Alan Dennison recognised the importance of encouraging children to learn Welsh through their education years, but highlighted that in doing so it was equally as important to ensure that local work opportunities were available for welsh speakers after education. The Corporate Research & Policy Officer informed Members that the Authority would be working to upskill staff and to make the working environment bilingual and advised that other initiatives were available through partners of the Authority. · Following a point raised by Councillor Alan Dennison regarding the need for other industries within the County to grow their Welsh language offer, the Corporate Research & Policy Officer advised that the Welsh Language Commissioners Office had recently launched a support scheme for all third sector businesses to assist them in growing their welsh language offer. · Councillor Jacob Williams expressed that he did not think that children having the ability to speak welsh would encourage them to obtain careers within Wales and felt they many would still leave the region for better employment. The Corporate Research & Policy Officer commented that school/university leavers who were fluent in the welsh language could be more encouraged to obtain jobs within the region to enable themselves to continue using the language daily although agreed that most of the current data regarding why people stay/leave the County was anecdotal. · Following a point raised by Councillor Reg Owens, it was confirmed that community welsh language courses were still running throughout the County. Councillor Alan Dennison Moved that the Committee recommend to Cabinet that the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2021 – 22 be approved for submission to the Welsh Language Commissioner; Seconded by Councillor Simon Hancock. The vote, undertaken by way of show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Cabinet that the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2021 – 22 be approved for submission to the Welsh Language Commissioner.
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RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Council that the Notice of Motion not be adopted but that the Authority put pressure on Welsh and National Government to consider making St David’s Day a holiday in Wales.
The Chief HR Officer introduced the Notice of Motion Relating to St. David's Day Bank Holiday report, outlined the key points and welcomed questions from Members. The Chairman highlighted that the decision was one that needed to be made by Welsh Government, for the whole of Wales, and suggested that the most productive thing for the Authority to do would be to continue to lobby Welsh Government and Local MP’s on the matter, which was a view shared by a number of Members. It was commented that the matter was complex and would be a large financial pressure on the Region. Councillor Mike John Moved that the Committee recommend to Council that the Notice of Motion not be adopted but that the Authority put pressure on Welsh and National Government to consider making St David’s Day a holiday in Wales; Seconded by Councillor Simon Hancock. The vote, undertaken by way of show of hands, was carried, with an abstention being recorded for Councillor Reg Owens. RESOLVED That the Committee recommend to Council that the Notice of Motion not be adopted but that the Authority put pressure on Welsh and National Government to consider making St David’s Day a holiday in Wales.
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RESOLVED That the Committee approved the items as set out in the Forward Work Programme for 2022-23 and did not require a work programming session at this stage.
The Chairman outlined the purpose of the Committees forward work programme, advising new Members that the programme is set by the Committee and items can be added and removed as required. The items for September were outlined for Members information. Members were asked to consider whether they would be interested in a work planning session, to consider current and future items for the programme, to which it was concluded that a session was not necessary. Members were also asked to give consideration to a proposal of pre-meetings in advance of Committee meetings, to which the majority of Members expressed that they would not support such meetings as they would be held in private which could be deemed by the public as pre-determination. Councillor Steve Alderman Moved that the Committee approve the items as set out in the Forward Work Programme for 2022-23 and do not require a work programming session at this stage; Seconded by Councillor Alan Dennison. The vote, undertaken by way of show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the Committee approved the items as set out in the Forward Work Programme for 2022-23 and did not require a work programming session at this stage.
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