Agenda and decisions

·       To accept the results of the Llechen Lân work – Older People's Social Services for the Future (Appendix 1).

·       To adopt the strategic direction and action plan of Llechen Lân (Appendix 2).

To accept and note the information set out in the report that reports on the work of the Corporate Parent Panel for the year 2023-24. 

To accept the report and approve the recommendations. 

To approve the Annual Report for 2023/24.  

1.               To approve and enable the Parking Service to proceed with the realisation of two savings schemes that had been approved by the Council’s Cabinet in 2023/24, namely:  

·      1.1.1 Increase Pen y Gwryd parking fees from £2.00 for half a day and £4.00 for a  
full day to £4.00 for 6 hours and £8.00 for 12 hours. 

·      1.1.2 Increase the price of an Annual Parking Permit from £140 to £145 per year and the price of a Local Parking Permit from £70 to £75 per year. 

2.               To approve and enable the Parking Service to proceed with realising two savings schemes requiring consideration before reaching a final decision in 2024/25, namely:  

·      1.2.1 Extend the enforcement hours of short-stay car parks from 10:00 until 16:30 to 9:00 until 17:00.  

·      1.2.2 Adjustment to Band 2 Long Stay Fees Structure in accordance with what is seen in Appendix A. 

3.               To agree on a 40% increase to all parking fees to enable the Parking Service to meet the income target that is creating a significant shortfall in the budgets. 

4.               ⁠It was noted that should the Cabinet Members decide to approve the savings schemes set out within 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, there will be a 10-day standstill period before the matter can be transferred to the Council's Legal Department in order to carry out a statutory consultation period in accordance with the Local Authority Traffic Orders Regulations.  

5.               It was noted that as part of the consultation period, there will be an essential requirement for the Council to advertise the proposed changes in the local newspapers as well as display the information (including the new fees) in a prominent position in the car parks that will be affected. 

6.               To confirm the intention to proceed with the preparations to implement all changes from 1st April 2025. 

The Annual Monitoring report 6 (Appendix 1) was accepted and it was agreed for it to be submitted to the Government by the end of October 2024. 

Noting that there were forecasts of £7.6 million of overspend by Council departments, to accept the report on the end of August 2024 review of the revenue budget, and support the steps the Chief Executive has introduced to address the significant overspend by the Adults, Health and Well-being Department, the Children and Families Department, the Highways, Engineering and YGC Department and the Environment Department. 

To approve the transfer of £1,868k of underspend on corporate budgets to the Council's Financial Strategy Reserve

·         To accept the report on the end of August review (31 August 2024 position) of the capital programme. 

·         To approve the following revisions to the Capital Budget approved on 7 March 2024 from the programme's financing perspective (as shown in part 3.2.3 of the report), namely:⁠  

·        an increase of £370,000 in the use of borrowing  

·        an increase of £17,080,000 in the use of grants and contributions,  

·        a decrease of £51,000 in the use of the capital reserve  

·        an increase of £1,260,000 in the use of renewal and other reserves

To accept the information in the report and note the progress made towards realising the savings schemes for 2024/25 and previous years. 

The Chairman shall propose that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussion on the following item due to the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 14 of Schedula 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 – Information relating to the Financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that Information).

There is an acknowledged public interest in openness in relation to the use of public resources and related financial issues. It is also acknowledged that there are occasions, in order to protect the financial interests that matters related to commercial information need to be discussed without being publicised. The report deals specifically with financial and business matter and related discussions. Publication of such commercially sensitive information could adversely affect the interests of the tenderers and the Council. This would be contrary to the wider public interest of securing the best overall outcome. For those reasons I am satisfied that the matter should be exempt in the public interest.

(Documents for Cabinet members only)

·      Financial authority was granted to proceed on the basis of the business case to purchase a new Social Services data system jointly with the North Wales Region Cluster.  

·      For delivering (a), the financial applications process for 2025/26 was assumed for one-off funding followed by annual revenue funding from 2026 onwards.