Agenda

To receive disclosures of personal interest from Members in accordance with the Code of Conduct

Note:

1.    Members are requested to identify the item number and subject matter that their interest relates to and signify the nature of the personal interest: and

2.    Where Members withdraw from a meeting as a consequence of the disclosure of a prejudicial interest they must notify the Chairman when they leave.

To receive the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on the 17^th July 2024 as an accurate record.

To receive the report of the Service Director of Democratic Services and Communication, which provides the feedback and comments of the items that were pre-scrutinised by the Council’s thematic Scrutiny Committees following its last Committee cycle.

To receive the report of the Director of Social Services, which informs the Cabinet of the outcome of the public consultation on the draft Rhondda Cynon Taf Adult Social Care Strategy 2024-2030.

To receive the report of the Director of Social Services which provides an update on the Council’s care accommodation provision for older people agreed by Cabinet in February 2023 and to set out further recommendations to reflect changes in need and develop more cost-effective care solutions which are sustainable for the future.

To receive the report of the Director of Education and Inclusion Services, which seeks to progress to open an Early Years Additional Learning Needs (ALN) provision as a satellite base to Ysgol Hen Felin in the former Tonyrefail Day Centre provision, which has recently closed. Establishing this provision would alleviate some of this pressure in the special school sector in the short to medium term.

To receive the report of the Director of Education and Inclusion Services, which seeks Cabinet’s approval to build an extension to the satellite special school provision at Buarth Y Capel which will address some of the capacity pressures in ALN provision in Rhondda Cynon Taf in the medium term.

To receive the report of the Director of Education and Inclusion Services, which provides Cabinet with an opportunity to consider proposals for the enhancement of mainstream Learning Support Class (LSC) provision within Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT).

To receive the report of the Director of Education and Inclusion Services, which provides Cabinet with the new proposed Policy for the Appointment of Local Authority School Governors and the opportunity to review the content and process outlined in the proposed policy.

To receive the report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Group Director of Finance, Digital and Frontline Services, which provides Cabinet with an overview of the Council’s performance, both from a financial and operational perspective, based on the first three months of this financial year (to the 30th June 2024).

To receive the joint report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Group Director of Finance, Digital and Frontline Services, the Director of Prosperity and Development and the Director of Public Health and Community Services, which provides Cabinet with the results of the public consultation which it agreed to initiate in respect of changes to the level of Council Tax Premium on long term empty properties in the County Borough and the use of wider intervention measures to bring empty properties back into use.

To receive the report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Group Director of Finance, Digital and Frontline Services, which sets out the position regarding the opportunity for Cabinet to propose to Council to further invest in the Council’s priority areas, aligned to the Corporate Plan, “Working with our Communities” 2024 – 2030.

To receive the report of the Director of Highways, Streetcare and Transportation Services, which sets out the supplementary capital programme for Highways, Transportation and Strategic Projects subject to the approval by Cabinet of the “Corporate Plan – Investment Priorities Report” and Council agreeing it on 25^th September 2024.

To consider any items, which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.