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Councillor Drewett declared an interest as he hosts an asylum-seeking family.
The minutes of the previous meetings held 24th July 2025 were agreed as a true and accurate record. The Committee asked Cllr Harris for an update regarding their query about Llais being a Welsh name but not bilingual. Councillor Harris informed the Committee that he would request an update.
The Leader gave an introduction to and the Chief Executive Officer provided an overview of the report to the Committee. Members questioned the Officers and the Leader on the content of the report – to access a full recording of the comments made please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel: NCC Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd - YouTube Comments and Recommendations: • The Committee requested further information be provided to the committee on benchmarking data for other Welsh councils’ council tax levy arrangements for empty homes. • The Committee asked that Registered Social Landlord partners be invited to attend as key stakeholders when the Committee considers the Empty Homes Strategy item. • Wellbeing Objective 4 - The Committee recommended updating the wording regarding encouraging business engagement with the democratic process to clarify how businesses were specifically engaged and avoid confusion. • The Committee recommended including providing context in notes on performance measures which are rated amber or red as to explain why they were not met. • The Committee were content with the reports.
The Head of People, Policy and Transformation provided an overview of the report to the Committee. Members questioned the Officers and the Cabinet Member on the content of the report – to access a full recording of the comments made please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel: NCC Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd - YouTube Comments and Recommendations • The Committee requested that the VAWDASV report be circulated once published. • The Committee recommended including more detail within the report on the customer contact improvement project to demonstrate the work undertaken and planned. • The Committee were content with the report.
a. Actions Arising The Scrutiny Advisor updated the Committee regarding actions. b. Forward Work Programme The Scrutiny Advisor highlighted that the next meeting is the 25th September 2025 to discuss the Empty Homes Strategy. c. Outcomes Monitoring The Scrutiny Advisor informed the Committee that they will follow up a response to the outstanding outcome. • The Committee were concerned that the recommendations raised about the Community Parenting Strategy were not updated ahead of the report being discussed at Cabinet. The Strategic Director for Transformation and Corporate (SD) informed the Committee that they would investigate and provide a written response to the Committee as this should only happen where there are time constraints between the Scrutiny and Cabinet meetings. • The Committee were also concerned about the consistency and level of detail included in reports. The SD informed the Committee that they would discuss further training for Officers who produce reports with the Scrutiny team.
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