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APOLOGIES To receive apologies for absence. |
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DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST To receive any declaration of personal interest. |
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URGENT ITEMS To note any items which are urgent business in the opinion of the Chairman so they may be considered. |
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The Chairman shall propose
that the minutes of the meeting of this committee, held on the 28th
of November 2024, be signed as a true record. |
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IMPLEMENTING THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMITTEE To consider
the report and offer comments. Decision: DECISION: ·
To accept the contents of the report · Freedom of Information
Requests Audit - request for a report setting out Council arrangements to deal
with Freedom of Information matters Note: Waste and Recycling – WRAP review to be shared with Members |
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REVENUE BUDGET 2024/24 – END OF NOVEMBER 2024 REVIEW To note the situation and the relevant risks regarding the budgets of the Council and its departments, consider the decisions for the Cabinet and comment as necessary. Additional documents:
Decision: DECISION:
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To accept the report and note the situation
and relevant risks in the context of the Council's budgets and its departments ·
Agree with the recommendations to Cabinet: Note: ·
Work commissioned by the Chief Executive to gain a
better understanding of overspend in the Adults, Health and Well-being
Department - a request for the Cabinet to
challenge the timetable for this work – assurance needed that this work is in
place in order to set the budget ·
Work commissioned by the Chief Executive to clarify
the detailed situation in Children's care, to gain a better understanding of
the issues and a clear programme of response. – need to submit a more detailed analysis of the work to the Committee ·
Request for information on how Gwynedd's financial
projections compare with other Councils · Information on higher income from the death bereavement service, lack of
parking income and per capita funding details to be shared directly with
Councillor Angela Russell |
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CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2024/25 – END OF NOVEMBER 2024 REVIEW To receive the information,
consider the risks regarding the Capital Programme, and scrutinise the decisions for the Cabinet Additional documents: Decision: |
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SAVINGS OVERVIEW: PROGRESS REPORT ON REALISING SAVINGS SCHEMES Receive the information, consider the general risks arising from the savings slippages Additional documents:
Decision: DECISION: ·
To accept the information and note the
position and the relevant risks arising from slippages in the savings. ·
Support the Cabinet approval of the deletion
of one savings scheme worth £146,910 relevant to 2025/26 in the field of waste
in the Environment Department, using the provision set aside in the budget in order to do so. ·
Thank you to everyone
involved with the report - very challenging work presented in an understandable
way |
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AUDIT WALES REPORTS Provide an update on reports recently published by Audit Wales – ‘Financial Sustainability of Local Government’ and ‘Financial Sustainability Review – Cyngor Gwynedd’ Additional documents: Decision: DECISION: ·
To accept the National and Local report ·
To accept the Council's response to the
recommendations Note: ·
Following the receipt of
CIPFA support and guidance, the response Work Programme to be submitted to the
Committee by March 2026 ·
Performance Reports to be
submitted to Scrutiny Committees to demonstrate that the statutory requirements
are being addressed ·
To correct the translations
of place names in the reports |
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FORWARD WORK PROGRAMME To consider
the work programme Decision: DECISION: To
accept the Work Programme for February 2025 –
January 2026 Request
to add: · Committee Development Programme ·
Internal
Audit Forward Programme ·
Audit
Priorities – follow-up to recommendations ·
Further
information about Ffordd Gwynedd ·
Follow-up
information on the financial position of the Adults, Health and Well-being
Department and the Children and Supporting Families Department · The need for a conversation between the relevant departments to discuss
the future impact of rejecting affordable housing schemes on Gwynedd schools |