Agenda and decisions

Divisons/Wards affected: All

Purpose: To review the existing Obstructions in the Highway policy and decide if any alterations to the policy are appropriate giving due consideration to feedback from the Strong Communities Select Committee.

Author: Roger Hoggins, Head of Operations

Contact Details: rogerhoggins@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That the principle of permitting individual businesses be retained.

That there be no charge for A boards to be placed on the public highway.

That other items placed in the public highway (tables, chairs, displays etc.) remain as approved in the existing policy and charged at 50% of the current schedule.

That all other aspects of the policy remain unchanged including fines for contravention of the policy.

That the policy be brought back to Cabinet in 12 months for review.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To update Council on progress of the Re-Use shop at Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC).

Author: Carl Touhig, (Interim) Head of Waste & Street Services

Contact Details: carltouhig@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That Cabinet approve this report and allow Head of Waste and Street Services to progress the Service Level Agreement with Homemakers and Cabinet Member for County Operations.

Division/Wards Affected: St Christopher’s, St Mary’s and Larkfield

Purpose: To seek approval to distribute Section 106 funding for the development at Mount Pleasant and St Lawrence. 

The report details the proposed use of the funding and the background to the funding.

Author: Nikki Wellington, Finance Manager

Contact Details: nicolawellington@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That Cabinet approve the proposed distribution of the funding to schools.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: This report seeks approval of Monmouthshire’s revised Destination Management Plan (DMP) to guide destination management, marketing and development for the period 2017-2020. The purpose of the DMP is to establish a clear framework for public, private and voluntary sector partnership working to address the identified priorities and deliver year round sustainable tourism growth to maximise the economic, social and environmental benefits of tourism across all parts of the county. In so doing it focuses diminishing resources on activities likely to deliver the greatest return on investment. The revised DMP was endorsed by MCC Economy & Development Select Committee at their meeting on 19 October 2019.

The Plan contributes to the Council’s third priority to ‘promote enterprise and job creation’ and enables access to external funding for tourism-related activity over the same period. The Plan replaces the previous DMP which came to an end 31 December 2015.

Author: Nicola Edwards, Food & Tourism Strategic Manager

Contact Details: nicolaedwards@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That Cabinet approve the revised DMP to guide tourism development, management and marketing over the period 2017-2020 and the proposed partnership arrangements to deliver the Plan and monitor progress.

That Members consider the forecast net revenue outturn overspend of £62,000.

That Cabinet requires Chief Officers to continue to work to reduce the £1.333m over spend on services, using measures such as a moratorium on non-essential spend and the freezing of vacant posts other than where recruitment is considered essential.

That Members consider the forecast capital outturn spend, the levels of capital slippage proposed and the levels of capital receipts to assist with capital programme funding, primarily the Future Schools Tranche A considerations.

That Members note that the low level of earmarked reserves, which will severely reduce the flexibility the Council has in meeting the financial challenges of reducing settlements and consequent need to redesign services.

That Members note the significant and continued forecast reduction in the overall school balance at the end of 2017/18 and supports the continuing work with schools to ensure that the Council’s Fairer Funding scheme requirements are met and that the overall schools balance reverts to a positive position at the earliest opportunity.

That Members note the significant over spend on services and consider recurrent and new pressures that need to feature in the draft revenue budget proposals currently out on consultation

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to make recommendations to Cabinet on the Schedule of Applications for the Welsh Church Fund Working Group meeting 5 of the 2017/18 financial year held on the 14^th December 2017.

Author: David Jarrett – Senior Accountant – Central Finance Business Support

Contact Details: davejarrett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That the grants be awarded as per the schedule of applications.