Decisions

The appointment of a councillor to the Cadwyn Clwyd Cyfyngedig Board of Directors as Denbighshire’s nominated representative.

(i) The appointment of councillor Emrys Wynne, the lead Cabinet member with responsibility for rural development to the Board of Cadwyn Clwyd; and

(ii) Confirmation that the term of the appointment will be for the term of the current Council unless a replacement appointment is made.

RESOLVED that Cabinet confirms the view of the Modernising Education Programme Board that no significant change had occurred in respect of the condition of school buildings and that the current policy order of schools is still current and correct.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       approves the commencement of the procurement as set out in the Commissioning Form at Appendix 1 to the report, and

(b)       confirms that it has read and taken into account the Wellbeing Assessment (Wellbeing Impact Assessment Report for the Housing Support Grant Delivery Plan 2022 – 25 at Appendix 3 to the report).

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       approve further development of the Shared Prosperity Fund programme within Denbighshire, and regionally through officer input, in line with the principles as set out in the report;

(b)       provides delegated authority to the Chief Executive and the Lead Member for Economic Growth and Tackling Deprivation to develop and submit Denbighshire’s priorities for inclusion in the Regional Investment Strategy to enable the programme funding to be drawn down, and

(c)        supports the proposal to ask Gwynedd County Council to act as the lead body to submit the Regional Investment Strategy to UK Government and to lead subsequent programme delivery.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       acknowledges Communities Scrutiny Committee’s conclusions, its concerns and recommendations following its review of the Cabinet decision of 15 February 2022 in relation to a ‘Proposed Scheme of Delegated Decision Making for Land Acquisition (Freehold and Leasehold) for Carbon Sequestration and Ecological Improvement Purposes’;

(b)       agrees to reconsider its original decision, with a view to expediting the decision making process for purchasing land, and as part of that review will consider and take into account the recommendations made by the Scrutiny Committee as set out in paragraph 3.2 of the report, and

(c)        officers be asked to bring a report back to Cabinet on that review to be considered by Cabinet in October.

RESOLVED that Cabinet’s forward work programme be noted.

RESOLVED that Cabinet note the budgets set for 2022/23 and progress against the agreed budget strategy.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 28 June 2022 be received and confirmed as a correct record.

The Leader allowed a question to be put to Cabinet with regard to care fees and for an answer to be provided thereon.

The following members declared a personal interest in agenda item 8 ‘Sustainable Communities for Learning – Band B’ –

Councillor Gill German had two children who attended Prestatyn High School

Councillor Jason McLellan had a child who attended Prestatyn High School

Councillor Emrys Wynne was a School Governor at Ysgol Brynhyfryd, Ruthin

There were no apologies.

The appointment of the Cabinet portfolio members to the World Heritage Site Board and Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Joint Committee.

(i) The appointment of Councillor Emrys Wynne, the Lead Member for Welsh Language, Culture and Heritage to the World Heritage Site Board;

(ii) The appointment of Councillor Win Mullen-James and Emrys Wynne to the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Joint Committee; and

(iii) That the term of these appointments are for the terms of the current council unless a replacement appointment or appointments are made.