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RESOLVED- That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 27 June 2022 be signed and approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED- That the Councillors’ Register of Interests be approved by the Standards Committee.
RESOLVED- That the register of Gifts and Hospitality be approved by the Standards Committee.
An apology for absence was received from Anne Mellor (Independent Member).
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RESOLVED- That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 27 June 2022 be signed and approved as a correct record.
The minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 27 June 2022 were submitted for approval. RESOLVED- That the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee held on 27 June 2022 be signed and approved as a correct record.
The Monitoring Officer provided the following update: • An induction programme, following the Local Elections in May 2022 was ongoing. • Welsh and English Code of Conduct training had been delivered virtually to Town and Community Councils in July 2022. - A recording of the training was available to Town and Community Councils who had been unable to attend. • Following Richard Penn’s Independent Review of the Ethical Standards Framework in Wales, a National Standards Forum was being established and Terms of Reference were currently being drafted. • As per the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, political Group Leaders were duty bound to promote good conduct within their groups. - A training session had been delivered to Group Leaders in respect of their new responsibilities which included reporting annually to the Standards Committee. - The Standards Committee would report annually to Council. • The number of complaints to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales had decreased following the Local Elections in May 2022. • An update on complaints lodged with the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales in respect of County Councillors and Town/Community Councillors would be provided at the next meeting of the Standards Committee.
The Chair, Clive Wolfendale had attended a Caerhun Community Council meeting on 27 June 2022. The following points were highlighted: • The meeting was conducted properly. • Declarations of interest were not included as an agenda item and were not referred to during the course of the meeting. • All paperwork and proceedings were provided through the medium of Welsh. • Feedback was provided to the Clerk who acknowledged issues in respect of declarations of interest. Independent Members Gill Murgatroyd and Anne Mellor had attended a Conwy Town Council meeting on 25 July 2022. The following points were highlighted: • The meeting was well structured and declarations were made in the correct manner. • Registers of interest were not available on the Town Council website. Following discussions with the Clerk, this would be rectified. • It was not clear on the Council website as to which Councillors were co-opted. This would be addressed by the Clerk. The Vice-Chair, Brenda Bignold, along with Independent Member Gill Murgatroyd had attended a Llanfairfechan Town Council meeting on 27 July 2022. The following points were highlighted: • Hybrid facilities were available. • The meeting had been lengthy due to the chairing style. • A good understanding was shown in respect of declarations of interest, however there was some confusion in respect of personal and prejudicial interests. • Feedback was welcomed and areas for improvement were acknowledged. The following was discussed: • Significant issues arising from Independent Member attendance at meetings should be referred to the Monitoring Officer. • The legislation in respect of bilingual meetings was queried. - In response, the Monitoring Officer advised that the Council had a responsibility to ensure that a Councillor could undertake their role in the language of their choice. - Translation facilities should be available if required. - Translation should also be available for the public, who had a right to request a translated version of minutes after the meeting. • It was acknowledged that Clerks, in particular Community Council Clerks were not always remunerated for their role. • Assurance was sought in respect of the impact of budgetary constraints on the threshold in respect of conduct matters and that compromises would not be made. - In response, the Monitoring Officer advised that the Council had an obligation to deal with code of conduct matters. - Assurance was provided that the Council would endeavour to meet their obligations. - How obligations would be met with a diminishing budget was to be discussed. - Code of conduct issues were referred to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales and only a very small number were referred back to the Standards Committee. - Code of Conduct training would assist with reducing the number of issues. Good practice was monitored and joint working took place across Wales in order to ensure consistency.
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RESOLVED- That the Councillors’ Register of Interests be approved by the Standards Committee.
The Councillors’ Register of Interests was presented for the inspection of the Standards Committee. RESOLVED- That the Councillors’ Register of Interests be approved by the Standards Committee.
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RESOLVED- That the register of Gifts and Hospitality be approved by the Standards Committee.
The Councillors’ Register of Gifts and Hospitality was presented for the inspection of the Standards Committee. RESOLVED- That the register of Gifts and Hospitality be approved by the Standards Committee.
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