Decisions

To accept and note the information in the report.

·       To accept the report on the end of November review (30 November 2022 position) of the capital programme.

·       To approve the revised financing as shown in part 4 of the report, namely:

-        an increase of £30,000 in the use of borrowing,

-        an increase of £2,947,000 in the use of grants and contributions,

-        an increase of £101,000 in the use of capital receipts,

-        an increase of £20,000 in the use of revenue contributions,

-        an increase of £1,167,000 in the use of renewal and other reserves

·       To accept the report on the end of November 2022 review of the Revenue Budget and consider the latest financial situation regarding the budgets of each department / service.

·       To approve the transfer of £3.188 million of underspend on Corporate budgets to the Council's Financial Strategy Reserve.

·       To recommend that the procedure in terms of using funds to fund the financial deficit at the time will be:

-        firstly, use School Balances to fund the additional costs of inflation on the salaries of teachers, assistants, administrative staff and electricity which is above the budget level in the schools.

-        secondly, use the Council Tax Premium Fund to fund the additional pressure in the Homelessness field.

-        finally, use the post-Covid recovery arrangements fund established to fund the associated financial challenges that face the Council.

To accept and note the information in the report.

To accept the information in the report and to note the progress towards realising the savings schemes for 2022/23 and previous years.

1.1 To agree to allow Cyngor Gwynedd to undertake the 'lead authority' role for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in North Wales on behalf of the six North Wales counties. 

1.2. To agree on the regional governance structures for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in North Wales as outlined in the report.

1.3. To authorise the Head of Economy and Community Department – in consultation with the Head of Finance Department, the Head of Legal Services and the Chief Executive – to establish an inter-authority legal agreement and funding conditions with the other North Wales authorities to protect Gwynedd Council's interests.

1.4. To agree to the local governance structures for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Gwynedd as outlined in the report.

1.5. To authorise the establishment of the Shared Prosperity Fund: Gwynedd Panel to include the Council Leader and Deputy Leader, Finance Cabinet Member, Chief Executive, Head of Economy and Community Department, Head of Finance and Head of Legal Services, together with the right to appoint a delegate on the Panel, to confirm which projects will be selected to receive funding on the basis of the criteria noted in sections 3.30 and 3.31 of the report.

The Cabinet considered the observations received during the statutory consultation conducted on increasing the capacity of Ysgol Chwilog and the response to those observations, and resolved to:

·       Approve the publication of a statutory notice and conduct an objection period, in accordance with the requirements of Section 48 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013, on the proposal to increase the capacity of Ysgol Chwilog to 95 from 1 September 2023, which is an increase of over 25% to the existing capacity.

To adopt the Green Fleet Plan 2023-28 (seen in Appendix 1), and it was agreed:

·       that the Council's Departments are not to buy, renew, or dispose of any
vehicles before first discussing their requirements with the Fleet Manager, and
obtaining his consent.

·       that it is necessary to create a corporate pool system instead of
Departmental ones.

·       that the Fleet Manager is to lead the work of weeding out the existing stock
of Council vehicles and create a vehicle structure for each Department.

To approve the Forward Work Programme included with the meeting papers. 

That the applicant is a fit and proper person to be issued with a hackney vehicle /private hire driver's licence from Gwynedd Council

To approve the application in accordance with the comments of the Police, and  requirements of the Licensing Act 2003.

To elect Councillors Rhys Tudur and Llio Elenid Owen to attend performance challenge meetings for the Environment area of work.

To elect Councillors Stephen Churchman and Rob Triggs to attend performance challenge meetings for the Highways and Municipal and Gwynedd Consultancy area of work, with Councillor Arwyn Herald Roberts as reserve.

To adopt the amended work programme for 2022/23.

To accept the report, noting the observations made during the discussion.

(i)         To accept the report, noting the observations made during the discussion.

(ii)        To ask the Department to present the results of the trials and the new grass-cutting policy to the Committee when timely.

(i)         To accept the report.

(ii)        To ask the Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Services Board to ensure protection for the Welsh language in the Well-being Plan.

(iii)       That the Committee supports the well-being objective 'We will work together to alleviate the effect of poverty on our communities' well-being' as it is essential.

(iv)      That we need to ensure that our children and young people are given every fairness.

To accept the report, noting the observations and supporting the priorities and direction of the work to the future.

DECISION: To approve with conditions

1.            The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict conformity with the details shown on the plan(s) numbered 1137/28, 1137/30-03, 1137/24, 1137/30-1, 1137/02B, 1137/05, 1137/07 V2, 1137/23/1137/25-2, 1137/29 submitted to the Local Planning Authority, and contained in the form of application and in any other documents accompanying such application unless condition(s) to amend them is/are included on this planning decision notice.

2.            The land should cease to be used for the purposes of generating electricity as hereby approved within 35 years or earlier from the date of energy production from the solar panels, or within 6 months of ceasing the use of any solar panels for electricity generating purposes (unless they are replaced within that period), whichever is the earliest, and this should be done in accordance with a work plan already submitted and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and this will include an implementation programme.  The work plan is undertaken in accordance with the details agreed and these will include -

1.    Method statement for decommissioning and dismantling all equipment on the site;

2.    The details of any items that will be left on the site;

3.    A method statement in order to restore the land to agricultural land;

4.    Timetables for the decommissioning, disposal and restoration of the land;

5.    A method statement for the disposal / appropriate recycling of equipment / idle structures;

6.    Provision to review the plan as needed.

3.            The Biosecurity Risk Assessment dated 9 December 2015 must be implemented throughout the lifespan of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

4.            If it is intended to install a lighting system on the site at any time, there will be a need to submit and agree in writing with the Local Planning Authority details of the said lighting system, showing the type, exact location, lighting level and method of safeguarding from pollution or light overpsill.  The lighting system must be installed in accordance with the details agreed.

5.            The development must be implemented in full accordance with the Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (v5) dated 10 March 2021, Skylark Monitoring Report ref S_MSF_V4 dated 9 March 2021, and the Landscaping Plan number 1137/29 throughout the lifespan of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

6.            No operational development will be permitted to take place during any work associated with this permission within 3 metres on either side to the centre line of the supply pipes that cross the site.

7.            The development must be implemented in full compliance with the Construction Plan Method Statement and Risk Assessment by Corylus dated December 2015 in order to protect the structural condition of the two supply pipes crossing the site.  It is not permitted to carry out any further development associated with this permission until the safeguarding measures are implemented and completed.

DECISION: to defer in order to conduct a site visit

To agree on the dates noted in the report for the meetings of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee for 2023/24 with an amendment to the date of the March 2023 meeting. 

Additionally, it was agreed for the CJC Chief Executive to arrange an informal meeting with Leaders and Chief Executives to discuss the way forward with the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee.

To note and accept the content of the report which confirmed that the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee had chosen to use the Gwynedd Pension Fund, and therefore Cyngor Gwynedd will be the Local Government Pension Scheme administrating authority for the Corporate Joint Committee.

To approve the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee’s (CJC) Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 and the Chair was permitted to sign the statement in Appendix 1, before it was submitted to Audit Wales.

Resolved to adopt option B with a total of £764,820 for the 2023/24 Budget for the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee, and to approve the relevant levy on the constituent authorities, as noted under Option B.