Extraordinary Council
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Councillors met in an extraordinary meeting to consider recruiting a new Head of Children's Services. The Council approved starting the recruitment and gave the Chief Executive power to set the final pay package within the salary range.
The motion followed comments he made about parents who send children to Ysgol Caer Elen, during a Cabinet discussion of Welsh education. Council did not adopt the motion: 16 members voted for it, 28 against and 11 abstained.
The Council met to consider the 2025-26 budget and the Medium Term Financial Plan. Members voted to suspend a standing order so that alternative budget proposals could be brought forward, and to defer the budget reports to 6 March 2025. The Council must set a balanced budget by 11 March 2025.
Council endorsed a draft replacement Local Development Plan (LDP 2), the main planning document that guides decisions on planning applications, for a public consultation of at least six weeks in autumn 2024. It also appointed two Independent Members to the Standards Committee, which oversees councillors' conduct, and reallocated committee seats between political groups after changes in membership.
The Council met on 10 November 2023 in an extraordinary meeting. It endorsed the Planning Committee's decision to grant planning permission for holiday accommodation at Heritage Park, Pleasant Valley, Narberth, against officers' advice, subject to 22 conditions.
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