Agenda item

To provide details of actions taken under delegated powers.

An information item on the actions taken under delegated powers was submitted.  The actions were as set out below:-

Streetscene and Transportation

• A5119 Northop Road, Maes Hyfred, Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue, Flint.  Proposed Prohibition of Waiting and Waiting at any Time Restrictions

To advise Members of the objections received following the advertisement of the proposed Prohibition of Waiting and Waiting at any Time on the roads listed above.

• The Flintshire County Council (Kiln Lane, Hope) (Prohibition of Driving) (Except for Access) Order 2023

To advise Members of the objection received following the advertisement of the proposed Prohibition of Driving – Except for Access on Kiln Lane, Hope.

• Ffordd Yr Ysgol, Deansbury Close, Shaftsbury Drive and Windsor Drive, Flint.  Proposed Prohibition of Waiting Order

To advise Members of the objections received following the advertisement of the proposed Prohibition of Waiting Order on the roads listed above.

• Proposal to Implement no Stopping on School Keep Clear Carriageway Markings at Ysgol Maes Hyfred and Flint High School, Flint

To advise Members of the objections received following the advertisement of the proposed School Keep Clear markings on Maes Hyfred, Flint.

• The Flintshire County Council – Ffordd Llewelyn, Flint.  Proposed Prohibition of Waiting

To advise Members of the unresolved matter received following the advertisement of the proposed Prohibition of Waiting at any Time on the road listed above.

Revenues

• Business Rate Write Offs

Financial Procedure Rules requires the Corporate Finance Manager and the Cabinet Member for Governance and Corporate Services including Health and Safety and Human Resources to write off debts between £10k and £25k.

Two outstanding Business Rates debts totalling £34,762 are considered irrecoverable and write offs are necessary.

Governance

• Review of Non-statutory Registration Fees

The Council manages the Registration Service which has several statutory functions including the registration of births, deaths, civil marriages and civil parnterships.  The service is based at Llwynegrin Hall, Mold and has custody of archived records from which copy certificates are issued.  The service also licences venues for civil ceremonies across the County and conducts a variety of non-statutory celebratory services.  The fees relating to statutory services are prescribed by statute and cannot exceed the cost of providing the service.  However, the Council has scope to set fees for non-statutory services.

The nature of the Registration Service means some services such as marriage are booked up to 24 months in advance and consequently non-statutory fees need to be set in advance to allow couples to plan.  A fundamental review of fees was undertaken when the Council introduced its “Fees and Charges Cost Recovery Template” and new fees were implemented on 1^st April 2021, for three years.

Each year the fees are reviewed to ensure the service always publishes a three year set of fees.  This report sets the fees for 2025/26 to ensure the Registration Service continues to publish three years fees.

Social Services

• Social Care Case Management System

The contract for the existing Social Care Case Management System is due to end on 31^st March 2025 and therefore procurement of a Social Care Case Management System is required.