RESOLVED: Council AGREED to:
a.
Note the determinations of the IRPW in its Annual Report published in February 2025 attached as Appendix A;
b.
Note the Guidance for Principal Councils, Community and Town Councils, National Park Authorities, Fire and Rescue Authorities and Corporate Joint Committees in Wales – remuneration of members shown at Appendix B;
c..
Approve the draft Members’ Schedule of Remuneration 2025-26 (Appendix C) and delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to finalise the draft Members’ Schedule of Remuneration to reflect the appointments made at the Annual Council;
d.
Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to update the Members’ Schedule of Remuneration in the Constitution and to make any necessary amendments to the 2025-2026 Schedule from time to time during the municipal year in order to reflect any changes in membership of the Council, Cabinet or Committees or as a result of any Supplementary Reports issued by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (DBCC).
RESOLVED: Council AGREED to:
(1)
Approve the programme of Council meeting dates for the 2025-26 municipal year as set out in paragraph 5 of this report;
(2)
Note the provisional dates of Council meetings for the early part of the 2026-27 municipal year and Cabinet meetings for the 2025-26 municipal year as set out in paragraph 7 of this report;
(3)
Approve the provisional programme of meetings for the 2025-26 municipal year as in Appendix A (to be published on the Amendment Sheet);
(4)
Delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the respective Chairpersons, to make any necessary alterations to the provisional programme of Committee meetings which may be required.
Cardiff, Appointments Committee - Principal Solicitor OM1,
RESOLVED – That the Committee agreed to exclude the public from the meeting as the following item is confidential and exempt from publication as it contains exempt information of the description contained in paragraph 14 of Part 4 and paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Action 1972.
Cardiff, Appointments Committee - Principal Solicitor OM1,
RESOLVED – That the public be excluded from the meeting at this point during consideration of this item as the Committee discussed exempt information of the description contained in paragraph 14 of Part 4 and paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Action 1972. The public may be excluded from the meeting by resolution of the Committee pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 during discussion of this item.
RESOLVED: To
1. Note the recent developments related to the WPP Investment Pool.and the Fund’s Investment holdings.
2. Approve the WPP Business Plan 2025-28.
RESOLVED: that –
• Council be recommended to note the content of the Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee Annual Report 2024/25 (attached at Appendix 1).
• the Corporate Parenting Strategy 2025-2028 (including Corporate Parenting Annual Delivery Plan 25-26) (Appendix 2/3) be approved.
RESOLVED; that
(i) the appointments to joint committees for 2025/26 as set out in Appendix A to this report be approved;
(ii) authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council (and relevant political group leader/s in the case of Glamorgan Archives Joint Committee), to make any changes to Cabinet appointments to joint committees that may be required following the meeting of Cabinet on 15 May 2025 and during the 2025/26 municipal year; and
(iii) the agreed joint committee appointments be reported to full Council for information (and approval, as required).
RESOLVED: that
1. It be noted that the Welsh Government’s Bus Services (Wales) Bill and associated supporting documents, including proposals for the reform of bus services in Wales.
2. It be noted that the proposed submission of a draft response to the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee’s consultation on the Bus Services (Wales) Bill by the closing date of 13th May 2025, as set out in paragraph 16 of the report.
3. the response to the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee’s consultation on the Bus Services (Wales) Bill, as set out in Appendix A be approved.
4. Subject to approval by Cabinet in recommendation 3 above, authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, Transport & Environment to submit the approved final consultation response to the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee.
5. It be noted there will be a further report to Cabinet regarding the Council’s shareholder interests in Cardiff City Transport Services Limited (trading as Cardiff Bus) following an assessment of options and impacts of bus reform.
RESOLVED: that
• the proposed change to the procurement route for the over-cladding of Nelson House and Loudoun House and the amended funding requirement set out in the report be approved.
• all aspects of the procurement process for the over-cladding of Nelson and Loudoun House (including but not limited to approval to commence the procurement, evaluation criteria and contractual arrangements up to and including award of contract/s and any ancillary matters) be delegated to the Director of Adults Housing and Communities in consultation with the Cabinet Member Housing and Communities, Corporate Director Resources and Director of Governance and Legal Services.
• the JCT Design & Build contract for Block A within phase 1 of the Channel View regeneration project be awarded to Wates Residential for the contract sum identified in confidential appendices.
RESOLVED – That the Sub Committee, having considered the application on its individual merits, the committee papers, the statutory guidance made under section 182 of the Licensing Act 200 and the Council’s Statement of Licensing Policy, submissions made by the applicant and all other parties, and the oral evidence given by the applicant and objectors during the hearing in its determination of the matter:
GRANTED the application; subject to the agreed conditions with South Wales Police and Environmental Health / Pollution Control; and the additional condition that the terminal hour for late night refreshment on Sundays be reduced from 1am to 12am.
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member/Director conveying the observations and recommendations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member/Director conveying the observations and recommendations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
RESOLVED – That the public be excluded from the meeting at this point during consideration of this item as the Committee discussed exempt information of the description contained in paragraph 14 of Part 4 and paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Action 1972. The public may be excluded from the meeting by resolution of the Committee pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 during discussion of this item.
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member conveying the observations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
Cardiff, Community & Adult Services Scrutiny Committee,
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member conveying the observations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
RESOLVED: That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations captured during the way forward.
RESOLVED: That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations captured during the way forward.
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member conveying the observations and recommendations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
Cardiff, Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee,
AGREED: that the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member conveying the observations and recommendations of the Committee when discussing the way forward.
RESOLVED: That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations captured during the way forward.
RESOLVED: To
(1) Note that the Monitoring Officer has not received any complaints under the Corporate Joint Committee’s Code of Conduct for Members during the 2024/2025 municipal year;
(2) Note the findings of the recent internal audit of the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control, governance and risk management arrangements in respect of the CJC’s Registers of Business Interests and Gifts & Hospitality;
(3) Note the arrangements put in place to discharge the functions of the CJC’s Standards Sub-Committee for 2025/26; and
(4) Agree that an annual report to the CJC describing how the Standards Sub-Committee has discharged its functions during the 2024/25 municipal year is produced by the Monitoring Officer of the CJC, in a draft letter format to be agreed by the Chairperson and Committee Members.
RESOLVED that the Undertaking be withdrawn and that the Monitoring Officer is instructed to submit the Committee’s recommendations to full Council for approval.
RESOLVED to:
1. Agreed that refresher training on the Members’ Code of Conduct should be provided for all Members and Co-Opted Members of Cardiff Council
2. Agreed that refresher training on the Members’ Code of Conduct should be provided for Chairpersons.
3. Agreed the suggested topics for the refresher training as outlined in paragraph 6 of the report.
4. Agreed the training should be delivered both online and in person,
5. Agree that the refresher training on the Members’ Code of Conduct should be discretionary. However, Cllr Brown Reckless did express her view that the training should be recommended by Group Leaders to their group members.