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Agenda and decisions

Venue: Steve Greenslade Room, County Hall, Usk

Contact: Democratic Services 

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

To consider the following reports (Copies attached):

3a

THE HILL ABERGAVENNY S106 RECREATION FUNDING pdf icon PDF 382 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All Abergavenny Wards

 

Purpose:To agree the inclusion of capital funding in the 2020/21 Capital Budget;

To agree the two allocations from the funding available.

Author:Mike Moran, Community Infrastructure Coordinator 

 

Contact Details: mikemoran@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Decision:

That a capital budget of £55,000 is created in 2020/21 to fund the following two projects and that this is funded by a corresponding contribution from the

S106 balances held by the County Council from the S106 Agreement in relation to the development of land at The Hill, Abergavenny;

 

That funding in the sums shown below be allocated to the two projects

indicated:

 

1. Linda Vista Gardens      30,000

2. Abergavenny Skatepark 25,000

 

Total £55,000

3b

MAGOR WITH UNDY COMMUNITY HUB pdf icon PDF 573 KB

Division/Wards Affected: Mill and The Elms

 

Purpose: To seek member approval to grant a lease of the Three Fields Site in Magor to the Magor and Undy Community Hub (MUCH) group, to enable the group to progress the scheme to develop a community hub on that site.

 

Author:Mike Moran, Community Infrastructure Coordinator 

 

Contact Details: mikemoran@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Decision:

That a lease of the Three Fields Site be granted to the MUCH Group for the purposes of developing a Community Hub.

 

That the lease is for a period of 25 years to support the Group’s second stage funding application to the National Lottery People and Places Programme.

3c

PUBLIC SERVICES OMBUDSMAN FOR WALES (PSOW) ANNUAL LETTER 2019/20 pdf icon PDF 448 KB

Divisions/Wards Affected:  All

 

Purpose: The purpose is to fulfil the expectation of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales that their report is brought to the attention of Cabinet and that is what we are doing.

 

Author: Annette Evans, Customer Relations Manager

 

Contact Details: annetteevans@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet note the content of the PSOW’s annual letter (Appendix 1) and inform the PSOW of their considerations and any proposed actions by 30 November 2020.

 

That we engage with the PSOW complaints standards work, access training for staff and provide the PSOW with complaints data.

3d

OUTDOOR ADVENTURE - HILSTON PARK CLOSURE pdf icon PDF 258 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: To update members with regard to the ongoing situation for the Outdoor Adventure Sites, the impact of covid19 on the service for 2020/21 and the longer term implications.

 

Author:  Ian Saunders – Chief Operating Officer MonLife

Marie Bartlett – Finance and Resources Manager MonLife

 

Contact Details: iansunders@monmouthshire.gov.uk

mariebartlett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet agree the formal closure of the Hilston Park site and transfer the asset to Landlord Services by 31.12.20.

 

That costs of disposal are met corporately and funded from the Council’s fixed asset disposal cost reserve and, if necessary after due process and application of redeployment evaluationand MCC’s Protection of Employment Policy, severance costs are met from the Council’s redundancy reserve or through flexible use of capital receipts by way of use of Welsh Government’s capitalisation direction.

 

That the capital receipt subsequently generated from the disposal of the Hilston Park site is ring-fenced to the extent that it enables the proposed capital investment to be made for Gilwern Outdoor Adventure Service and if subsequently supported by Cabinet and Council.

 

That Cabinet subsequently receive proposals for the future of the Outdoor Adventure Service and consolidation of the service in Gilwern.

3e

CORONAVIRUS STRATEGIC AIMS: EVALUATION OF PROGRESS AND CONTINUED ACTIVITY pdf icon PDF 624 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: To provide an overview of progress against the strategic aims set by Cabinet to guide activity through the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

Author: Matthew Gatehouse, Head of Policy and Governance

 

Contact Details: matthewgatehouse@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Decision:

That Cabinet evaluate progress against the purpose and strategic aims that have been in place during the pandemic and use this to inform future activity.

3f

WELSH CHURCH FUND WORKING GROUP pdf icon PDF 119 KB

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 meeting 4 held on the 22nd October 2020.

 

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

 

Contact Details: davejarrett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Additional documents:

Decision:

That grants be awarded as per the schedule of applications.