Decisions

RESOLVED, that Democratic Service’s Committee forward work programme be noted.

No urgent matters had been raised.

The Monitoring Officer stated that all member would have to declare a personal interest in the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales' Draft Annual Report as it determined Councillor’s salaries.

All Councillor’s present declared a personal interest in the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales' Annual Report 2020/21.

Apologies were received from Councillor Joe Welch.

Agreement on the recommendation was by consensus. No formal vote was taken. All Committee members indicated they were in favour of the recommendation, no one indicated they were against it and no one indicated that they wished to abstain. The Committee:

Resolved: - That the Democratic Services Committee recommend the draft Committee timetable for 2021 to Full Council for approval.

Agreement on the recommendation was by consensus. No formal vote was taken. All Committee members indicated they were in favour of the recommendation, no one indicated they were against it. It was;

RESOLVED :-  That the Democratic Service Committee not the Annual Report of the Scrutiny Committees for 2019/20.

Agreement on the recommendation was by consensus. No formal vote was taken. All committee members indicated they were in favour of the recommendation, no one indicated they were against it. It was:

RESOLVED:-

     I.        That the Democratic Service Committee notes the determinations of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales for 2020/21 in respect of the payment of basic, senior and civic salaries and payments to co-opted members.

    II.        That the Democratic Service Committee notes the level of support provided to members to carry out their duties, with regard to ‘Determinations’ 9 and 10 of the Annual Report.

  III.        That the Democratic Service Committee requests the ‘New Ways of Working’ Group look into the allocation of senior salaries and report back to the Democratic Services Committee at a later date.

Agreement on the recommendation was by consensus. No formal vote was taken. Committee members indicated they were in favour of the recommendation. The Committee:

RESOLVED:- Subject to the above observations, to support the recovery plan for democratic arrangements, as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report.

Vote taken: 7 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

The Committee:

Resolved:  to uphold the decision and to recommend to Cabinet that it -

(i)           revisit the decision in light of the vision for future social and affordable housing as set out in the draft new national development framework ‘Future Wales – the National Plan 2040’;

(ii)          therefore delay the decision in relation to this particular site for 12 months until the new national development framework is agreed;

(iii)        consider options to make the land more attractive to social landlords and smaller developers by breaking it up into smaller parcels/plots; and

(iv)        does not create an oversupply of large unaffordable homes in Denbigh which do not meet the local need

Vote taken: 10 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

The Committee:

Resolved:  that detailed information be provided to all county councillors by early 2021 on the 21^st Century Schools programme, to include –

(i)           background to the funding and the prioritisation process followed to determine which schools merited benefiting from investment and when;

(ii)          details of the investment already made in the county’s schools and the current position; and

(iii)        a clear outline of future plans, subject to the availability of Welsh Government and Council funding, to make Denbighshire County Council schools fit for the 21^st Century

Following the Committee agreeing the above resolution the signatories to the call-in request indicated their agreement that the request to review the Cabinet decision should no longer proceed.

The Chair informed the Committee that a second call-in request of a Cabinet decision had been received following the publication of agenda and papers for the current meeting.  With a view to expediting the second call-in request within the timescale set out in the Council’s Call-In Procedure Rules he had agreed for the matter to be discussed at the current meeting as an urgent item of business.

Consequently, supplementary papers relating to the request and the Cabinet’s decision of the 22^nd September 2020 to dispose of land adjacent to Ysgol Pendref, Denbigh had been published on 1^st October 2020 and would be considered under business item 5 at the current meeting.

The following members declared a personal interest in agenda item 4 Review of Cabinet Decision relating to 21st Century Schools Programme Band B Proposals –

Councillor Meirick Davies – School Governor Ysgol Cefn Meiriadog

Councillor Huw Hilditch-Roberts – Parent Ysgol Brynhyfryd / School Governor Ysgol Pen Barras

Councillor Hugh Irving – School Governor Prestatyn High School

Councillor Merfyn Parry – School Governor Ysgol Bryn Clwyd and Ysgol Gellifor

Councillor Arwel Roberts – School Governor Ysgol y Castell

Co-opted Member Neil Roberts – School Governor Ysgol y Parc

Councillor Peter Scott – School Governor St. Asaph VP Infants School

Councillor Glenn Swingler – School Governor Ysgol Pendref

Councillor Graham Timms – Ysgol Dinas Bran

Councillor Emrys Wynne – School Governor Ysgol Brynhyfryd & Ysgol Borthyn

Councillor Paul Penlington (Lead Signatory for Business Item 4) was unable to attend due to work commitments to present his request to call in the Cabinet decision, although he did join the meeting towards the end of the discussion on the business item.