Agenda and draft minutes
Venue: Glasdir, Llanrwst
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Councillor Hugh Evans – Denbighshire County Council Councillor Sam Rowlands - Conwy County Borough Council Gary Doherty – Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Jason Devonport – North Wales Police Teresa Owen – Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (Public Health Wales representative) Wendy Jones – Community
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MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING PDF 319 KB To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 25 March 2019 (copy attached). Minutes: The minutes of the Conwy
and Denbighshire Public Services Board held on 25 March 2019 were submitted for
approval. The matter of the
PSB becoming more action orientated would be discussed at the next meeting in
September. Bethan Jones
(BCUHB) – Queried whether the Local Development Plan (LDP) would be working
closely with health to ensure that housing would meet people’s health needs.
Both DCC and CCBC were in consultation stages and would work closely with the
BCUHB. Sian Williams also
noted that access to green spaces should also be included in the LDP. RESOLVED that, subject to
the above, the minutes of the Conwy and Denbighshire Public Services Board
meeting held on 25 March 2019 be approved as a correct record. |
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MATTERS ARISING 9:30am – 9:35am Minutes: ID informed the Board that the inaugural meeting of joint PSB scrutiny committee took place in May
2019. Cllr Brian Cossey from Conwy County Borough
Council was elected as chair and Cllr Graham Timms from Denbighshire was
appointed as vice chair. The Committee
scrutinised the PSBs annual report. The
joint committee are developing their forward work plan. The next meeting would be held in September
and will focus on the environment priority. It was also agreed
that the PSB scrutiny arrangements could be discussed with other PSB’s across
Wales, as Conwy and Denbighshire are the first to create a joint committee. The
contacts for the joint scrutiny committee were Dawn Hughes at Conwy County
Borough Council and Rhian Evans in Denbighshire County Council. |
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UPDATE ON PSB PRIORITIES PDF 676 KB To inform members of progress to date against the priority areas and seek approval for specific areas of work. a. People - Mental Well-being To receive a verbal update on the Mental Well-being priority. Teresa Owen (Executive Director, BCU) b. Community - Community Empowerment i. To receive an update on the Community Empowerment priority and to seek approval for the approach and resourcing of the weight management project. Judith Greenhalgh (Chief Executive, DCC) ii. To receive a verbal update on the Dementia Aware Community Led programme. Helen Wilkinson (Chief Executive, DVSC) c. Place - Environmental Resilience To receive an update on the Environment Resilience priority and to seek approval for the Community Green Pledges and Environment Position Statement. Iwan Davies (Chief Executive, CCBC) Questions for the
Board to consider - · Should a regional approach be taken to the priorities? (e.g. environment) · Committing staff / financial resources / assigning leads · Who can contribute to the priorities? (e.g. representatives on each working group) · How is PSB work embedded in your organisation? 9:35am – 10:35am Additional documents:
Minutes: a.
People
- Mental Well-being It was clarified that there was no major information to
present since the last update. It was raised that other PSB’s across Wales had been
approaching mental health differently. It was suggested the PSB could liaise
further with the Regional Partnership Board and Local Implementation Team (LIT)
as. It would be beneficial to discuss what avenues of work were being carried
out by both organisations. The landscape of the work being carried out in
regards to mental health was clustered and clarity of the work being conducted
would be beneficial. It was agreed that the Mental Well-being would be the focus
of the next PSB meeting. b.
Community
- Community Empowerment Judith Greenhalgh – Chief
Executive (JG) presented the update on the Community aspect of the PSB priority.
The implementation of the Weight Management project was
likely to be focused in Rhyl within Denbighshire, there would be close working
with the BCUHB on the project. Nominations of organisations to work on the
project would be sought and returned to the PSB. A dementia awareness workshop which was carried out during
Dementia awareness week was commended as being a community led event, with
stakeholders present. There was an impact report being produced which would be
presented in the autumn; following the report being brought a joint event
between DCC and CCBC would be arranged to engage with a larger demographic. Dementia awareness was highlighted by the board and whether
there had been correspondence with the Alzheimer Society. It was clarified that
communication had not been carried out, but discussions would be carried out in
the future. Welsh language within the Dementia friendly organisations was
highlighted and whether there was enough work being carried out with Welsh
speaking staff. Responding it was clarified that the Welsh language was taken
seriously, it was noted that current vacancies within the DVSC were highlighted
as Welsh essential. It was agreed the vacancies could also be advertised
through DCC’s sites. RESOLVED – that a progress
report on dementia projects be returned to PSB in autumn, including
considerations for scaling the work up and including partners. c.
Place
- Environmental Resilience Iwan Davies Chief Executive (ID) of Conwy County Borough
Council presented Community Green Pledges and Environmental Policy Statements
update (previously circulated). The purpose of the report was for members to note the
progress with the Community Green Pledges and Environmental Policy Statements. In relation to the Community Green Pledges, the Board agreed
to approve this work. The Chair proposed
that any final amendments be circulated to the project officers by the end of
July. The Board were informed that a communication plan is in
development to launch the scheme.
Funding is being sought from the regional PSB grant to support this
work. In relation to the Environmental Policy Statement, it was
clarified that it would be beneficial if the board would agree to focus on
select number of commitments within the environmental policy statements as
initial priorities. The commitments that were suggested to be focused on were
the first two, which were: ·
To reduce our carbon and energy usage, so by
2030 we would be a carbon neutral public sector. ·
To reduce the amount of waste generated from our
activities, so by 2050 there would be zero waste sent to landfill. It was advised that a partnership approach towards the
commitments would be beneficial; with the environmental policy especially, as
all organisations within the PSB had their own approaches to deal with the
carbon neutral commitment. The board was informed of a workshop to discuss
climate change |
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PSB ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 - FINAL APPROVAL PDF 428 KB To receive the PSB Annual Report 2018/19 for final approval. The Chair will be taking this item. 10:35am – 10:40am Additional documents: Minutes: The Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager (CCBC),
Fran Lewis, introduced the draft annual report (previously circulated). It was clarified that final approval of the Annual report
was sought, and it was asked whether there were any comments. There were no comments from members of the board. RESOLVED that the PSB
annual report 2018/19 be approved. |
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NATURAL RESOURCE WALES OVERVIEW To receive a verbal report from Sian Williams (Natural Resources Wales) on a overview of Natural Resources Wales. 10.40am – 11:00am Minutes: Sian Williams Natural Resources Wales (NRW) presented the
overview of the work which was being carried out by the NRW. The board were informed that there had been a recent reorganisation within NRW, North Wales had been divided into two regions of East and West. The West regions consisted of Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy, whilst the East region included Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham. Both regions would have their own environmental priorities and statements, and almost all positions within the reorganisation had been filled. RESOLVED – that the
committee note the overview from Natural Resources Wales. |
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UWCH CONWY PROJECT OVERVIEW To
receive a presentation from Euros Jones (Natural Resources Wales) on the Uwch Conwy project prior to the site visit. 11:00am – 11:15am Close of Formal Meeting Minutes: Sian Williams Natural Resources Wales (NRW) presented the
overview of the site visit to Penmachno. It was stated that the site visit to Penmachno
was not a direct project connected to the PSB. However it highlighted the good
partnership work which had been carried out at the site. The site visit would
also highlight the work being carried out with flood prevention in the area. The formal meeting concluded at 10:49. |
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SITE VISIT TO CWM PENMACHNO Minutes: This item was discussed informally. |
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REVIEW OF SITE VISIT To review the site visit and discuss how the PSB support the project. 1.15pm – 1.45pm Minutes: This item was discussed informally. |
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REVIEW OF FORWARD WORK PLAN PDF 357 KB The Chair will lead on this item. 1.45pm – 1.55pm Minutes: This item was discussed informally. |
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AOB - REVIEW OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Minutes: This item was discussed informally. |
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FOR INFORMATION - ITEMS PREVIOUSLY CIRCULATED ELECTRONICALLY A) WAO local government studies – Review of PSBs and the effectiveness of partnership working (Circulated on the 08/05/19) B) WAO local government studies – Call for evidence (Circulated on the 22/05/19) 1.55pm – 2:00pm Minutes: This item was discussed informally. |