Decisions

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

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       agrees to the Joint Archive Service submitting a bid to the next stage (Round 1) of the NLHF Heritage Horizon Fund;

(b)       notes the potential call on £2,034,521 of Council funds in order to deliver the new archive centre.  This is subject to the bid being successful at the Round 1 stage of the NLHF grant application process and receipt of a form offer of funds, and

(c)        endorses the approach to Ruthin Gaol and the planned expansion of the heritage attraction, as outline in section 4.8 of the report.

Vote taken: 8 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

RESOLVED that Cabinet recommends the draft Housing and Homelessness Strategy to Council for approval.

Vote taken: 8 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       confirms it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment (Appendix 2 to the report) as part of its consideration, and

(b)       approves the release of the previously agreed £5m capital funding to contribute to the building of phase 2 Llys Awelon Extra Care Housing.

Vote taken: 8 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       formally endorses and recommends that the Council approves the Overarching Business Plan as the document that sets out the arrangements to deliver the North Wales Growth Deal as the basis for entering into the Final Deal Agreement and acceptance of the Grant Funding Letter with the UK and Welsh Governments;

(b)       formally endorses the provisions in Governance Agreement 2 relating to executive functions, recommends that Council approves the provisions relating to non-executive functions, and that it specifically adopts the delegations and Terms of Reference in “Governance Agreement 2: Appendix 1” thereof as the basis for completing the Final Deal Agreement and acceptance of the Grant Funding Letter with the UK and Welsh Governments;

(c)        formally endorses and recommends that the Council authorise the accountable body, Gwynedd Council, to sign the Grant Funding Offer letter on behalf of the Partners;

(d)       formally endorses and recommends that the Council recommend approval of the method used to calculate the cost of borrowing notionally required to facilitate the negative cash flow for the Growth Deal, and to include a provision within the Council’s budget to pay this contribution and the established core and supplementary contributions as set out in Governance Agreement 2 (and in paragraphs 5.5 – 5.7 of the template report attached as part of Appendix 1);

(e)       that the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader, Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer be granted delegated authority to agree minor changes to the documents with the Partners as necessary to complete the agreement, and

(f)         that Cabinet confirms that it has read, understood and taken account of the contents of the Denbighshire County Council Well-being Impact Assessment attached as Appendix 2 to the report as part of its consideration.

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

RESOLVED that Cabinet’s forward work programme be noted.

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

RESOLVED that Cabinet note the budgets set for 2020/21 and progress against the agreed budget strategy.

Vote taken: 8 in favour, 0 against, 0 abstentions

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 20 October 2020 be received and confirmed as a correct record.

No urgent matters had been raised.

No declarations of interest had been raised.

There were no apologies.