Decision

Notice of Motion 1 - Strategic Transformation Programme - Publication of

Business Case

RESOLVED:

(a)      That a full business case for the Strategic Transformation Programme be

prepared and published on the Council’s website;

(b)      That the business case should, as a minimum, clearly set out:

• The total anticipated expenditure associated with the Strategic Transformation Programme, including staffing, consultancy, implementation and any other associated costs;

• The projected financial savings and efficiencies arising from the programme, including the timescales over which those savings are expected to be achieved;

• That the financial and transformation targets expected to be delivered by the proposed Chief Officer for Transformation, including any specific savings or efficiency targets attached to the post;

• The anticipated impact of the programme on the Council’s workforce, including proposed changes to staffing levels, structures and terms and conditions where applicable;

• An explicit statement as to whether compulsory redundancies form part of the programme’s assumptions or are anticipated as a consequence of the programme, and if so, the anticipated scale of such redundancies; and

• The arrangements for monitoring delivery of the programme, including how progress against expenditure, savings and other targets will be reported to elected members;

(c)      That the business case be presented to the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee for scrutiny before being finalised.

Notice of Motion 2 - Waste and Recycling Collection on new Housing Developments

RESOLVED: 

Flintshire County Council resolves:

(a)      That Flintshire County Council urgently ensures that full waste and recycling

collection services are provided to all occupied properties at Hawthorn

Meadows without delay.

(b)      That the Cabinet Member for Waste and Transportation provide members

with a written explanation of the circumstances that resulted in the delay at

Hawthorn Meadows, including the respective responsibilities of the Council

and the developer.

(c)      That the Council urgently reviews its procedures for establishing waste and

recycling services at new housing developments, including how information

held through the planning and development management process, and

housing team can be used to anticipate and prepare for new properties

becoming occupied.

(d)      That the outcome of this review, together with any changes proposed to

prevent similar occurrences in future, be reported to the Environment &

Economy Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

(e)      That residents affected by the Hawthorn Meadows development are provided

with a clear timetable for restoration of normal waste and recycling services.

Notice of Motion 3 - Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Funding   2.27.40

RESOLVED

This Council therefore resolves to:

(a)      call on the Plaid Cymru Welsh Government to allocate the SEND related

consequential to support ALN and ensure that funding reaches councils and

schools.

(b)      ask the Leader of the Council, in consultation with all Political Group Leaders,

to write to the Welsh Government setting out this Council’s position and invite

every Flintshire councillor to sign the letter.

(c)      send a copy of this motion and the letter to Flintshire’s MPs and Members of

the Senedd, the Welsh Local Government Association, all Welsh Councils,

Flintshire schools’ headteachers and the School Budget Forum

(d)      that £516k funding be restored to the Education budget):