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RESOLVED That the Democratic Services Committee Forward Work Programme be approved, including the following addition: a) That a report be brought to the Committee’s next meeting on Member safety in County Hall.
RESOLVED a) That the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru’s Annual Report for 2026-27 be noted. b) That it be recommended to Council that the cap on Co-opted Member payments be removed.
RESOLVED That the reports on Safeguarding and Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) E-Learning Compliance and E-Learning on Pembrokeshire Online Development (POD) be noted.
RESOLVED That the report be noted.
RESOLVED That the Fair Campaign Pledge be noted and that all Members be recommended to sign up to the Pledge.
RESOLVED a) That the Action Plan of activity ahead of the 2027 local elections be approved. b) That the Diversity in Democracy Pledge be recommended to Council for adoption.
RESOLVED That it be recommended to Council that the revisions to the Multi-Location Meeting Policy be adopted, subject to the following amendments: (a) Remote attendees must vote from a private, indoor location and must not vote whilst in a vehicle or public transport, or whilst otherwise in transit (to be added to Section 3 – Remote Attendees); (b) To be considered present, Members must be able to speak and be heard and see and be seen by others. Should a Member experience connectivity issues which means that they need to turn their camera off, this should be communicated to Democratic Services and a public explanation provided (to be added to Section 4 – Technical Issues).
Penderfyniad: Gohiriwyd y cyfarfod fel y gellir ystyried crynodeb costau diwygiedig. Ni chofnodwyd unrhyw benderfyniad ar y cynllun.
RESOLVED · To approve the general strategic direction of the National Licensing Policy Framework in respect of decisions made by its Sub-committee, and · To approve to incorporate the strategic direction of the Framework into the next review of the Statement of Licensing Policy in 2029.
RESOLVED that the decisions be deferred to the next meeting of the Committee.
RESOLVED, subject to the foregoing, that the Action sheet be noted.
RESOLVED that the report be accepted and having provided comments to strengthen risk management arrangements the Committee confirmed assurance that effective processes were in place to monitor and manage significant risks.
RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the findings within the attached Appendices and progress on activities for the period 1st October to date be noted.
RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Forward Work Programme be approved. (Option 1)
RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Draft 2024/2025 Statement of Accounts be received for information, prior to consideration for approval on completion of the financial audit.
RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the information contained therein be noted.
RESOLVED to confirm as a true record the minutes of the meetings held on 05 November 2025, 19 January 2026, and 02 February 2026.
AGREED to note the Action Log as presented, subject to updates. Councillor Caryl Roberts enquired if any feedback had been received regarding the email sent to Town and Community Clerks in relation to conduct of Town and Community Councils towards their respective County Councillor. The Scrutiny & Standards Officer stated that she had not received any feedback to date.
AGREED to recommend the revised Hearing Procedure to Council for approval.
AGREED to: (i)approve the Revised Self‑Evaluation Questionnaire (Appendix 1); and (ii)approve the Terms of Reference table (Appendix 4) subject to · changing column two with column three as evidence was required prior to considering the information in column two · that column 4 relates to identifying further specific outstanding actions needed to meet that requirement · potential clearer approach for the scoring method be as Score 1 – Requirements fully completed, Score 2 – Partially completed and Score 3 – Not completed. Members agreed that guidance would be needed to explain how each score should be applied consistently.
AGREED to note the Forward Work Programme and the frequency of standing items/policies to be presented. The revised application for dispensation from Councillor Raymond Evans would be placed on the document for consideration at the next meeting. In addition: · ESC-Consideration of remote only ESC meetings · List of ESC Policies/Protocols to be reviewed (and frequency) · Review Committee Terms of Reference-current and additional functions · Review ESC report template The Monitoring Officer reported that Councillor Elizabeth Evans had enquired, at the recent meeting of Council during consideration of the report on the appointment of new independent members, whether meetings of the Ethics and Standards Committee could be held remotely. It was agreed that this matter would be included as an item on the agenda for the next meeting for further consideration. The Committee’s views would then be presented to the Democratic Services Committee when a report on this would be discussed. It was noted that Hearings would continue to be conducted in a hybrid format. The Chair requested whether it was possible for Members to join the meetings online fifteen minutes prior to the start time to confirm that the Committee was quorate. Members agreed to this request.
Penderfyniad: Cefnogodd y pwyllgor yr argymhelliad i'w gyflwyno i'r Cabinet.
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RESOLVED that the Audit Wales Annual Audit Summary 2025 be noted.
RESOLVED that the Audit Wales Work Programme Update be noted.
RESOLVED that the Internal Audit Recommendations report be received.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Governance and Audit Committee held on the 12 December, 2025 be signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Governance and Audit Committee held on the 19 December, 2025 be signed as a correct record.
RESOLVED that: 3.3.1 the findings and recommendations of the Audit Wales local report be noted; 3.3.2 the Carmarthenshire County Council response to the recommendations of the local report relevant to the Council be approved.