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Decided: The Council approved the changes to the Constitution in Appendices 1 to 6 and the changes to the Constitution Guide in Appendix 7. It authorised the Monitoring Officer to update the Constitution.
RESOLVED to exclude the public and press during consideration of item 16 below on the basis that the application contained personal information which should not, on balance, be disclosed to the public and press.
Decided: The Council offered the post to Mr Hywel Dafydd following a ballot. It agreed to offer the post on the first incremental point of the Corporate Lead Officer pay scale. Mr Hywel Dafydd accepted the post and will start as soon as possible.
Decided: The committee agreed its forward work programme for 2026/27, with four additions: procurement savings from schools (September 2026), a Corporate Landlord progress update (November 2026), a People Strategy update (March 2027) and a Customer Relations update (March 2027). The programme will be published on the Council's website. The committee's next Task and Finish review, a small group that looks into one topic in depth, will examine improvements to resident contact and Contact OneVale.
Decided: The committee noted the update on Contact OneVale and will receive a further update report in March 2027. It also asked for more information on the volume of requests and handling times in that report.
Decided: Councillor Ewan Goodjohn was appointed Vice-Chair for the municipal year.
Decided: The committee recommended that the People Strategy 2026 (Appendix One) and its Action Plan (Appendix Two) be noted as the Council's strategic framework for workforce and organisational development. It also recommended an annual progress update to the committee, a briefing for all members on the staff networks, and sharing anti-racism training material with committee members.
Decided: The committee recommended that the report and the April 2025 to March 2026 sickness absence figures in Appendix A be noted. It also recommended that future reports include explanatory notes where mid-year organisational changes affect the figures.
RESOLVED: “That the press and public be excluded from the meeting under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act (as amended) for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of the exempt information as defined in paragraph 12 of Part 4 of the Schedule 12A of the Act”.
RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 15th May 2026 as an accurate record.
Decided: The Sub-Committee resolved to grant a new premises licence for off-sales of alcohol, Monday to Sunday, 8am to 10pm, subject to conditions. The conditions include CCTV recording kept for 31 days and a trained member of staff on site to show footage to police when the premises is open, sealed containers only for sales to take away, a Challenge 25 proof of age scheme, a log of refused sales, age-related staff training every six months, age notices, and notices asking customers to leave the area quietly.
Decided: The committee agreed that School Inclusion and Vocational Learning & Opportunities will form the focus of its work plan for 2026/27.
Decided: The committee agreed that all future meetings in 2026/27 will start at 4pm. The dates on the agenda are 15 July, 16 September, 4 November and 9 December 2026, and 20 January and 10 March 2027.
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Conwy Harbour Advisory Committee held on 4 March, 2026 be approved and signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED: (a) That the update report on Conwy Harbour operations be noted. (b) That further consideration be given to the future venue and format of the Conwy Harbour Advisory Committee meetings.
RESOLVED: That Conwy Town Councillor Joan Vaughan BEM be re-appointed as Chair of the Conwy Harbour Advisory Committee for 2026/2027.
Decided: Members agreed that the Anti-Poverty Strategy report goes to the October meeting; the SMART towns report is added to the items to be scheduled; the annual North Wales economic development report, the City of Culture 2029 bid update and the Placemaking report go to the September meeting; and an all-member workshop on Placemaking will be held in July 2026.
Decided: Members noted the information and supported the use of the Thrive software to help establish the social value of existing and future schemes and developments. They agreed to hold an all-member workshop on the software, and to consider a report on its use and the information it provides in June 2027. Staff were thanked for their work in inputting data and developing the software.
RESOLVED that the report of the meeting of the Cabinet held on the 21st May, 2026 be received.
RESOLVED that the nomination of Councillor Nysia Evans to replace Councillor Tina Higgins as one of the Labour Group’s representative on the Mid & West Wales fire and Rescue Authority, be approved.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of Council held on the 13th May, 2026 be signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED that subject to the amendment raised being made, the minutes of the meeting of Council held on the 20th May, 2026 be signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED that the following recommendation of the Cabinet be adopted: After considering the responses received as outlined in the Objection Report, the implementation of the proposal as laid out in the Statutory Notice, to discontinue Ammanford Nursery School and extend the age range of Ysgol Bro Banw and Ysgol Gymraeg Rhydaman to 3-11.
RESOLVED that the following recommendation of the Cabinet be adopted: After considering the responses received as outlined in the Objection Report, the implementation of the proposal as laid out in the Statutory Notice, to change the age range from 4-11 to 3-11 at the following primary schools: Cwrt Henri, Llanybydder, Tumble, and Y Ddwylan.
Decided: The committee noted the contents of the managers' report.
Decided: The committee approved the receiving and improving of the accounts position, the annual return, an improvement on the redistribution of £100,000, and the relocation of the reserve balance. The minute does not explain the redistribution or the wording of the first approval in more detail.
Decided: The Panel found the facts of the case established. It was satisfied that Councillor Latif attended the police station as a councillor, because he had introduced himself to the police as one. It found that he had brought his office and the Council into disrepute and so breached paragraph 6.1(a) of the Code of Conduct, which requires members not to act in a way that could reasonably be regarded as bringing their office or authority into disrepute. It also found that he had breached the principle of upholding the law. As the sanction, the Panel suspended Councillor Latif as a county councillor for Cardiff for two months. A decision notice with the reasons and appeal rights will be sent to him within five working days, and an appeal must be made within 21 days. A brief email giving the decision was sent to him on the day of the hearing.
Decided: The Committee agreed that the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's observations and recommendations.
AGREED: 1. That the agreed dates of Policy Review & Performance Scrutiny Committee meetings up to March 2027 be noted; 2. That the draft Policy Review & Performance Scrutiny Committee pages for the Scrutiny Annual Report, attached at Appendix 1, be noted; 3. That correspondence between the Committee and the Cabinet for meetings between December 2025 – April 2026 be noted.
Decided: The Committee agreed to note the way forward for setting its outline work programme for 2026/27. A final version will come back to the Committee for formal approval in September 2026.