Agenda and decisions

Individual Cabinet Member Decisions - Wednesday, 12th June, 2019 5.00 pm

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

MONMOUTHSHIRE ECO FLEX 'STATEMENT OF INTENT' pdf icon PDF 227 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor RJW Greenland

 

AUTHOR: Stephen Griffiths, Strategy & Policy Officer

CONTACT DETAILS:

Tel:                 01633 644455

 E-mail:           stephengriffiths@monmouthshire.gov.uk     

 

Decision:

Agreed and adopted the Council’s “Statement of Intent” and its participation in the ECO Help to Heat Scheme.

2.

ABERGAVENNY TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE pdf icon PDF 213 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor RP Jordan

 

AUTHOR: Cath Fallon, Head of Enterprise and Community Development

Nicola Edwards, Strategic Food and Tourism Manager

 

CONTACT DETAILS:          

E-mail: cathfallon@monmouthshire.gov.uk    Mob: 07557 190969      

             nicolaedwards@monmouthshire.gov.uk   Tel:  07771 6242

Decision:

Approved the move of the Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre to the Market Hall in Abergavenny into a shared office with the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

3.

FLEXIBLE FUNDING: SUPPORTING PEOPLE MIGRATION OF SERVICE TO ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT pdf icon PDF 217 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor P Jones

                                    County Councillor S Jones

 

AUTHOR: Cath Fallon, Head of Enterprise and Community Development

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

 

E-mail: cathfallon@monmouthshire.gov.uk    Mob: 07557 190969  

 

Decision:

Approved the transfer of the Supporting People function to Enterprise and Community Development and the subsequent options appraisal of the service with a view to identifying opportunities for a more integrated service.

 

Endorsed the appended spend plans and subsequent contract extensions.

4.

MONMOUTHSHIRE LOCAL TOILETS STRATEGY pdf icon PDF 84 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor S Jones

 

AUTHOR: David H Jones, Head of Public Protection

CONTACT DETAILS:

            Tel:                 01633 644100

            E-mail:            davidjones3@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Monmouthshire Local Toilets Strategy is approved and published.

 

A working group, consisting of relevant Officers and Members, is formed to ensure the recommendations in the strategy are implemented.

5.

GIS FUNCTION IN COLLABORATION WITH NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 185 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor P Murphy

 

AUTHOR: Sian Hayward – Head of Digital

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Tel:      01633 344309 / 07825 450791

Email:  sianhayward@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Decision:

Members approved the proposals.

 

6.

NON DOMESTIC RATES APPLICATION FOR HARDSHIP RELIEF pdf icon PDF 46 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor P Murphy

 

AUTHOR: Wendy Woods/Sue Deacy: Revenues Manager

Ruth Donovan: Assistant Head of Finance

CONTACT DETAILS:

Tel:      01633 644218

Email:suedeacy@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Tel:      01633 644592

Email:ruthdonovan@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved to agree the recommendations of the report.

7.

STAFFING STRUCTURE - LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND BUSINESS SUPPORT pdf icon PDF 149 KB

CABINET MEMBER: County Councillor P Jordan

 

AUTHOR: Matthew Gatehouse, Head of Policy and Governance

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

Tel: 01633 644397

E-mail: matthewgatehouse@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Decision:

That a new role of Policy and Scrutiny Officer be created.

That 2.47 FTE positions of Democratic Services Officer be deleted.

That 2.0 FTE posts of Committee Officer be created.

That new 1.6 FTE positions of Member Support Officer be created.

That the 0.6 FTE position of Administrative Assistant (Chairman and Leaders) be deleted.

That 1.0 FTE positions of Members Secretary be deleted.

That the Chairman and Leaders Secretary assumes management responsibility of member support.

 

That the Senior Democratic Services Officer be redesignated as Senior Democracy and Business Support Officer and assumes line management for the Business Support Team.

 

That job descriptions and pay bands within the Business Support Team are consolidated and the two support staff currently part of the Enterprise and Resources directorates are transferred to this central team.

 

In the event that officers are not successful in securing a position in the new structure or through redeployment, that any redundancy costs will be met from service budgets in the first instance but if this is not possible, that a report be brought to Cabinet seeking funding from reserves.