Scrutiny: Aspirational Merthyr Tydfil. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Public library service performance and standards
Members noted the report. They asked that the Library Strategy continue to be embedded, with emphasis on engaging with schools on literacy initiatives and events.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Welsh Public Library Standards 2024/25
Cabinet noted the library service's assessment against the Welsh Public Library Standards, and agreed that progress on the Library Strategy will go to Aspirational Scrutiny each year. Aspirational Scrutiny is a council committee that checks services. Councillor Brent Carter, the Leader, presented the item.
Items are linked when their titles share most of their words and they fall within 18 months of each other. Councils don't number reports across meetings, so a few links may be wrong, and a step may be missing if its title changed a lot. Each step links to the meeting, where the council's own papers are.