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Councillors M Linton, J Cleverly and K Thomas
Cllr M Pimm declared an interest as an employee of the Fire Service.
The Heads of Service gave an update on their respective service areas. Members discussed and questioned the Officers and Strategic Director on the content of the report – to access a full recording of the discussion please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel, and to the meeting name and date. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd. Recommendations: The Committee wished to make the following comments to Cabinet on the Proposals within the Corporate Directorate: • - The Committee recommended that the efficiency savings in the revenue and benefits area be undertaken, but the resource savings should be redeployed to address other issues and improve customer service. • - The Committee recommended to rephrase the current summary in the proposal to explicitly state that people can still visit the face-to-face centre to get the forms. • The Committee recommended that a comprehensive list of locations where members of the public can obtain forms be created and publicised. • - The Committee recommended not to make this budget saving at this current time and consultation on the future of Newport Matters should be carried out more widely over the next 12 months with the outcome informing a future budget decision.
a) Forward Work Programme Update The Committee were advised of next meeting: Monday 17th February 2025 at 2pm - Highways Asset Management Plan - Cultural Strategy The Scrutiny Advisor advised that the Scrutiny Team would be consulting with Strategic Directors and Heads of Service shortly to discuss agenda items for the Draft Annual Forward Work Programme 2025-26. The Committee suggested possible agenda items to be added such as Home to School Transport, Bus Station Charges, an update on Recruitment and Retention and the Communications Strategy.
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