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Decided: Cabinet approved a rise in the paid primary school meal from £2.55 to £2.75, and in the primary adult meal from £3.51 to £4.00. It approved a rise of about 11% on individual secondary menu items, with targeted increases rather than a blanket rise, and a £3.00 price for the two-course set meal. The increases take effect from September 2026.
Decided: Cabinet authorised the Director for Education to invite and evaluate tenders for education transport through the council's Dynamic Purchasing System for bus and taxi services, and to award the resulting contracts. It also agreed higher charges for transport training from 1 April 2026: £60 per person for Driver CPC training and £50 per person for non-Driver CPC first aid training.
Decided: Cabinet agreed new permit fees, including £300 a year for Y Penfro and £240 a year for The Puffin. It agreed to start procedures to change the off-street parking order. The changes include a free one-hour tariff and motorbike bays at Haverfordwest Interchange, a £3 four-hour tariff at Perrots Road, and revoking the Hole in the Wall car park. They also include new Tenby multi-storey charges from 1 May 2026, extra land for Tenby multi-storey, new free parking at Gelliswick, and new Tenby Harbour permit fees from March 2027. Cabinet agreed new on-street resident permit and event charges from 1 April 2026, and noted that a full parking review will return to Cabinet in June 2027, with any changes from September 2027.
Decided: Cabinet adopted the Discretionary Housing Payment Policy for 2026-27, as set out in Appendix 1, with no changes.
Decided: Cabinet adopted the Food and Drink Hospitality Rates Relief Scheme for 2026-27, as set out in Appendix A.
Decided: Cabinet noted progress in delivering the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It asked for a further update report once the programme is complete.
Decided: Cabinet approved the HRA Business Plan 2026-56 for submission to Welsh Government by 31 March 2026. It agreed to keep the HRA borrowing cap rising by an estimated CPI each year, subject to affordability monitoring. It delegated minor changes to the financial tables to the Director of Resources, after consulting the Cabinet Member for Housing. It noted the service's achievements. It approved £5.5 million in 2025-26 from the second homes council tax premium reserve for housing development, subject to ministerial direction. It delegated minor changes to individual developments to the Director of Social Care and Housing, after consulting the Director of Resources.
Decided: Cabinet approved the updated eligibility criteria and the Council Tax Discretionary Discount Scheme in Appendix A. This allows a pilot council tax discount for in-house mainstream foster carers from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029, subject to eligibility. The final criteria will be written into the council's discretionary discount policy.
Decided: Cabinet approved the Local Growth Fund proceeding, with Swansea Council as lead authority for South West Wales, subject to satisfactory governance for the regional skills budget. It agreed delivery through regional anchor projects and local gap-filling calls. It delegated to the Director of Resources the power to enter funding agreements. It delegated to the Assistant Chief Executive and Director of Place the approval of the regional investment plan, launching calls for proposals, endorsing anchor projects and approving grant awards from calls.
Decided: Cabinet approved a change to the Homebuy Pembrokeshire criteria. The loan will be repaid on the market value of the property, less any agreed material home improvements made during ownership.
Decided: Cabinet approved Option 1, the Leisure Investment Programme, subject to future Cabinet decisions on individual projects under the Capital Strategy. Each project must come back to Cabinet before it enters the capital programme.
RESOLVED: · To note the content and accept the report
RESOLVED To accept the report and adopt the Funding Strategy Statement.
RESOLVED · To accept the report. · To adopt the Treasury Management Strategy Statement for 2026/27 as adapted for the purpose of the Gwynedd Pension Fund. · To request that the Council (although not a separate body) allows the surplus cash balances of the Pension Fund to continue to be pooled with the Council’s general cash flow from 1 April 2026 onwards.
RESOLVED To accept the report and approve the Business Plan
RESOLVED To accept the report and approve the Business Plan Note: Request a Strategic Plan / formal document to outline WPP IM Co's direction to reduce costs following the transition period.
RESOLVED · To accept the report and note the information · To congratulate the officers for the good work being done
RESOLVED To accept the report and adopt the Investment Strategy Statement.
RESOLVED · To accept the report and to note the information about the training undertaken during 2025/26. · To welcome the opportunities being offered. · To note the absence of a 2025 National Knowledge Assessment and the planned revision of the framework. · To approve the 2026/27 Training Plan. Note Hold one-to-one sessions with the New Members
RESOLVED To accept the report and note the information
Resolved: to exclude the public for the following item(s) pursuant to Section 100A (4) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 and the relevant exempt paragraphs of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the above Act.
Decided: Following scrutiny, the committee supported the recommendation in the draft Cabinet report, so it goes forward to Cabinet.
Decided: Following scrutiny, the committee supported the recommendation in the draft Cabinet report, so it goes forward to Cabinet.
Decided: Members noted the report.
Decided: Agreed that the use of the training reserve to fund an Archives Trainee for 2026/27 be approved.
RESOLVED - That the public be excluded during the discussion on the following item of business on the grounds that, if members of the public were present during the discussion, because of the nature of the business to be transacted there would be disclosure to them of except information as defined in Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and as described below: Paragraph 12 – Information relating to an applicant to become an employee of the Authority; and Paragraph 13 – Information which was likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
Decided: The committee appointed Graham Harris as Director of Frontline Services, at the spot salary (one fixed salary for the post, with no pay range).
Decided: Members recommended, subject to the observations made, that the Committee acknowledge the Board's progress to date in delivering its Well-being Plan for 2023 to 2028, as set out in its draft Annual Report for 2025/26.
Decided: Members recommended confirming the forward work programme as drafted, subject to checking whether the October 2026 meeting can move to late October or early November so the draft Well-being Assessment can be considered before public consultation. They also recommended that, if the meeting cannot move, the October agenda include a review of the draft Assessment, and that a report on the terms of reference of the Agri-Food System Security Working Group be added to the programme.
Decided: Members agreed, subject to their comments and the information they asked for, to acknowledge the work on the Charter and its progress in Conwy and Denbighshire.