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On 10 September 2026 the committee considered budget, performance and risk reports. It had no specific matters to pass to Cabinet on the 2027/28 budget plan, and it referred its comments on the 2026/27 month 4 budget monitoring reports to Cabinet. It supported the Annual Performance Report 2025/26 only on the Chair's casting vote, supported the Corporate Self-Assessment, and acknowledged the Corporate Risk Register.
The committee looked at the council's budget outlook for 2027/28, the 2025/26 year-end finances and the first budget monitoring report for 2026/27. It also considered the corporate risk register, the Council Plan year-end report, social value and a proposed Welsh name for Northop Hall. It expressed concern that the climate change risk is rated too low and supported the Welsh name Pentre-moch, and its comments on the budget papers will go to Cabinet.
It accepted the management response to Audit Wales's review of commissioning, and it received the draft Welsh Language Standards Annual Monitoring Report 2025/26. It also noted the year-end workforce report and approved its Forward Work Programme.
The Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee met on 19 March 2026 to consider budget, risk, policy and planning reports. It approved the Forward Work Programme, referred the Audit Wales commissioning report back to its author, and recommended that Cabinet adopt a new AI Policy. It also acknowledged the Corporate Risk Register, noted the gender pay report, and considered the draft Council Plan and the month 10 budget report.
The committee considered a report on the financial case for modernising the Roman Catholic school estate in Flintshire. The report responds to a notice of motion (a formal motion put to full Council) asking for a clear summary of the full cost. Members queried the clarity of the figures, so the meeting was adjourned (paused) so that a revised document can be considered. No decision on the scheme itself was recorded.
The Committee considered the 2026/27 budget reduction options, the Month 9 budget monitoring reports, an annual equality report, and routine reports on action tracking and its work programme. It had no specific comments to refer to Cabinet on the budget or budget monitoring, and it noted and commented on the equality report.
The Committee met on 15 January 2026 to consider a Welsh language strategy and workplace policy, the Council's month 8 budget position, how the Council buys land for cemeteries, and its forward work programme. The Committee passed its budget comments to Cabinet and reviewed the Welsh documents before they go to Cabinet. On cemeteries, Members noted the report, but a proposal to ask the appropriate Minister to change the Council's land-buying powers fell on a vote.
The committee supported or noted each report, and it asked that its comments on the budget and several other items be referred to Cabinet. Councillors Ibbotson and Swash asked for their votes against the Council Plan performance report to be recorded.
The committee heard a presentation from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and considered budget pressures, monitoring reports, capital plans and an Audit Wales report on partnerships. It referred its comments on budget pressures and the month 6 revenue monitoring to Cabinet, and recommended the Capital Strategy to Cabinet. It also approved the Forward Work Programme, as amended.
The Committee considered a call-in of the Cabinet's decision on Flintshire Connects, the council's face-to-face customer service. It was satisfied with the explanation given, so the decision can be implemented. It also noted reports on unpaid health care invoices, the Public Services Board annual report and the Month 5 budget monitoring, and it considered a report on agency staff hired outside the Matrix system.
The Committee considered reports on the council's finances, its services and its performance. It agreed in principle to support Option 3, a 'peripatetic' model for Flintshire Connects, but asked for a further report on its costs and practical arrangements before it goes ahead. It noted the Corporate Self-Assessment and supported the Annual Performance Report 2024/25, which must now go to full County Council for approval.
The Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee met on 10 July 2025 to consider budget, performance and workforce reports. Scrutiny committees are groups of councillors who check the council's work. The committee supported the new Council Plan 2025-30, asked for a review of the council's pay model, and agreed to visit the Contact Centre.
The Committee noted the appointment of Councillor Bill Crease as Chair and appointed Councillor Jason Shallcross as Vice-Chair. It endorsed the Welsh Language Standards annual report, was assured by the Auditor General's Annual Audit Summary for the Council, and agreed comments on a Welsh Government consultation on business rate avoidance. It also recommended that Cabinet accept an AI and assistive technology project into the Strategic Transformation Programme.
On 8 May 2025 the Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee noted progress on earlier actions, approved its forward work programme with changes, and supported re-signing the Armed Forces Covenant. It also noted a report on Freedom of Information compliance, noted the financial impact of moving Aura's services to Flintshire Libraries and Leisure Ltd, and deferred a report on the Synthite incident in Mold until Natural Resources Wales publishes its findings.
The committee considered a call-in of the Cabinet's decision of 15 April 2025 on the NEWydd Business Plan 2025/26. Seven councillors asked the committee to look again, saying the plan does not show good value and includes a six-figure sum of waste. The minutes do not yet record what the committee decided.
The committee noted progress on earlier actions, approved its forward work programme, and noted comments on the Month 11 revenue budget report for Cabinet. It was assured of the arrangements for managing corporate risks, supported the gender pay gap report, and noted updates on outstanding NHS care invoices and Public Services Boards.
The committee considered a revised Climate Change Strategy for 2025 to 2030, the month 10 revenue budget report for 2024/25, and governance arrangements for two new council-owned companies. It endorsed the climate strategy and referred its comments on the budget report to Cabinet. It also agreed that a full 'lessons learned' investigation into illegal fly tipping in Queensferry be carried out.
The committee considered a review of the Community Asset Transfer process, the revenue and capital budget position to December 2024, and its forward work programme. It supported a review of how the council hands buildings and land to local groups, and it referred its budget comments to Cabinet. Members also approved the work programme as amended and agreed to a referral on out of hours services.
The Committee considered the 2025/26 budget after the provisional settlement, month 8 budget monitoring, the Local Area Energy Plan, the Council Plan mid-year performance and the new Corporate Risk Register. It referred its budget comments to Cabinet, agreed a joint letter to Welsh Government on multi-year funding, and agreed a further letter on unpaid NHS care invoices. It also noted the Local Area Energy Plan and asked for a response on whether its hydrogen generation could be green.
The committee appointed Councillor Jason Shallcross as Vice-Chair and noted Councillor Bill Crease as Chair for the rest of the 2024/25 year. It also considered the 2025/26 budget and the month 7 revenue budget monitoring report, and referred its comments on both to Cabinet. It supported the tax sites, governance model and themes of the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone.
It supported the Capital Strategy, the Prudential Indicators and most of the 2025/26 to 2027/28 Capital Programme. It also noted the Public Services Ombudsman's annual letter on complaints, and appointed Councillor Jason Shallcross as Vice-Chair.
The committee considered reports on the Community Safety Partnership, the month 5 revenue budget, the Audit Wales report on financial sustainability, the Strategic Equality Plan, a Welsh name for New Brighton and moving staff out of County Hall. Its comments on the budget and the County Hall project go to Cabinet, and its comments on the Audit Wales report are noted.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The committee considered a call-in of a Cabinet decision on the 2024 annual review of fees and charges. A call-in means councillors ask a scrutiny committee to examine a Cabinet decision before it takes effect. The committee was still concerned and referred the decision back to Cabinet for reconsideration.
At its meeting on 19 July 2024, the Committee considered reports on the Council's budget, the 2023/24 outturn, the 2024/25 budget risks and its own work programme. It endorsed a proposed governance structure for a transformation programme aimed at making savings, and it commented on an action plan responding to an Audit Wales review of the Digital Strategy. It also approved its forward work programme, as amended, and its comments on the additional budget requirement of £37.778m for 2025/26 will go to Cabinet.
The Committee noted the appointment of Councillor Richard Jones as Chair and appointed Councillor Bill Crease as Vice-Chair for 2024/25. It then considered reports on health board debts, the Welsh Language annual report, equality impact assessments, the workforce, and performance information, and noted or commented on each. Its main decisions were to endorse the draft Welsh Language report and to send comments to Cabinet on performance reporting.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.