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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2024 be approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED: (a) That all the candidates be thanked for their interest; and (b) That Councillor Ros Griffiths be appointed as the Town and Community Council Representative until 6May 2027.
RESOLVED: (a) That seats on Committees be allocated in accordance with political Balance as shown in appendix A; and (b) That any changes to nominees be notified to the Democratic Services Manager as soon as possible. The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report and explained that due to a change in group membership there was a need to review the Political Balance and allocation of seats on Committees. He provided background information and referred to the key considerations as detailed in the report. The Chief Officer advised that the political balance would be subject to ongoing review and it had been agreed that a meeting would be held with the Chair and Leader of the Council prior to the next Annual General Meeting of the County Council to undertake a full review of the composition of the political groups to ensure the allocation of membership was in accordance with the political balance and, if possible, with the wishes of Members. The Chief Officer explained that the political balance calculation was attached as Appendix A; which set out one possible allocation of seats and said other possible allocations may exist. The Chief Officer responded to the questions raised by Councillor Mike Peers around the notional calculations provided in Table 2 of the appendix on the Group entitlement to Scrutiny Chairs and gave an explanation of how the allocation had been calculated. The recommendation in the report was moved by Councillor Ian Roberts and seconded by Councillor David Healey.
RESOLVED: (a) That the threshold above which gifts and hospitality etc must be registered remains at £10.00; and (b) That the IRPW be asked to consider if it would set a common value which could be applied by all local authorities across Wales
There were no declarations of interest.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2024 be approved as a correct record.
The minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2024 were received. The minutes were moved as an accurate record by Councillor Sean Bibby and seconded by Councillor Chris Bithell RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 February 2024 be approved as a correct record.
The Chair drew attention to her communication which had been circulated prior to the meeting and listed the events attended from 21 February 2024 to 16 April 2024. The Chair referred to her Charity Dinner which was held on 8 March, and thanked Members and officers for their attendance and generous support on the evening. She also thanked officers for their work to organise and facilitate the event and said it had been an enjoyable success. The Chair informed that £4788 had been raised for her chosen charities.
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that the following petition had been received and gave a brief outline of the Council’s process for administering petitions. Councillor Roz Mansell presented a petition on behalf of the residents in her Ward: Keep Connah’s Quay Tidy – please provide more litter bins in and around the shopping area.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That all the candidates be thanked for their interest; and (b) That Councillor Ros Griffiths be appointed as the Town and Community Council Representative until 6May 2027.
The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced a report to ask Members to consider the appointment of the favoured candidate to the Standards Committee. He provided background information and explained that all Town and Community Councils were asked whether they wished to nominate candidates and five were nominated. Councils were asked to select their 1st and 2nd preference candidates. Councillor Ros Griffiths from Saltney Town Council and Broughton and Bretton Community Council had a clear majority of both 1st and 2ndpreference votes. The recommendations in the report were moved by Councillor Ian Roberts and seconded by Councillor David Evans RESOLVED: (a) That all the candidates be thanked for their interest; and (b) That Councillor Ros Griffiths be appointed as the Town and Community Council Representative until 6May 2027.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That seats on Committees be allocated in accordance with political Balance as shown in appendix A; and (b) That any changes to nominees be notified to the Democratic Services Manager as soon as possible. The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report and explained that due to a change in group membership there was a need to review the Political Balance and allocation of seats on Committees. He provided background information and referred to the key considerations as detailed in the report. The Chief Officer advised that the political balance would be subject to ongoing review and it had been agreed that a meeting would be held with the Chair and Leader of the Council prior to the next Annual General Meeting of the County Council to undertake a full review of the composition of the political groups to ensure the allocation of membership was in accordance with the political balance and, if possible, with the wishes of Members. The Chief Officer explained that the political balance calculation was attached as Appendix A; which set out one possible allocation of seats and said other possible allocations may exist. The Chief Officer responded to the questions raised by Councillor Mike Peers around the notional calculations provided in Table 2 of the appendix on the Group entitlement to Scrutiny Chairs and gave an explanation of how the allocation had been calculated. The recommendation in the report was moved by Councillor Ian Roberts and seconded by Councillor David Healey.
The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report and explained that due to a change in group membership there was a need to review the Political Balance and allocation of seats on Committees. He provided background information and referred to the key considerations as detailed in the report. The Chief Officer advised that the political balance would be subject to ongoing review and it had been agreed that a meeting would be held with the Chair and Leader of the Council prior to the next Annual General Meeting of the County Council to undertake a full review of the composition of the political groups to ensure the allocation of membership was in accordance with the political balance and, if possible, with the wishes of Members. The Chief Officer explained that the political balance calculation was attached as Appendix A; which set out one possible allocation of seats and said other possible allocations may exist. The Chief Officer responded to the questions raised by Councillor Mike Peers around the notional calculations provided in Table 2 of the appendix on the Group entitlement to Scrutiny Chairs and gave an explanation of how the allocation had been calculated. The recommendation in the report was moved by Councillor Ian Roberts and seconded by Councillor David Healey. RESOLVED: (a) That seats on Committees be allocated in accordance with political Balance as shown in appendix A; and (b) That any changes to nominees be notified to the Democratic Services Manager as soon as possible. The Chief Officer (Governance) introduced the report and explained that due to a change in group membership there was a need to review the Political Balance and allocation of seats on Committees. He provided background information and referred to the key considerations as detailed in the report. The Chief Officer advised that the political balance would be subject to ongoing review and it had been agreed that a meeting would be held with the Chair and Leader of the Council prior to the next Annual General Meeting of the County Council to undertake a full review of the composition of the political groups to ensure the allocation of membership was in accordance with the political balance and, if possible, with the wishes of Members. The Chief Officer explained that the political balance calculation was attached as Appendix A; which set out one possible allocation of seats and said other possible allocations may exist. The Chief Officer responded to the questions raised by Councillor Mike Peers around the notional calculations provided in Table 2 of the appendix on the Group entitlement to Scrutiny Chairs and gave an explanation of how the allocation had been calculated. The recommendation in the report was moved by Councillor Ian Roberts and seconded by Councillor David Healey.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That the threshold above which gifts and hospitality etc must be registered remains at £10.00; and (b) That the IRPW be asked to consider if it would set a common value which could be applied by all local authorities across Wales
The Chief Officer (Governance) presented the report to approve the changes to the Code of Conduct for Councillors that had been recommended by the Standards Committee as part of the rolling review of the Constitution. He provided background information and referred to the main considerations as detailed in the report. Members were asked to consider whether the value above which gifts and hospitality etc must be registered should be increased from £10.00 to £25.00 Councillor Richard Jones expressed the view that the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW) should set the monetary value above which gifts and hospitality should be registered and said this would achieve consistency across local authorities in Wales. Councillor David Coggins-Cogan held the view that any gift should be declared regardless of the value and proposed that the recommendation in the report be amended to reflect that the value be zero. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Bernie Attridge. Concerns were expressed by Members that reducing the value to zero would generate a significant increase in officers’ workload as this wound require all small gifts, citing as an example a drink of tea/coffee offered by a resident with a value of less than £1.00, to be identified and registered. In view of the comments and points raised by Members Councillor David Coggins-Cogan withdrew his proposal. Councillor Arnold Woolley proposed that the threshold above which gifts and hospitality had to be registered be retained at the current level of £10.00. The proposal was seconded by Councillor David Healey. Councillor Richard Jones reiterated his view that the IRPW should give guidance to local authorities in Wales on the threshold above which gifts and hospitality should be registered and proposed that this be included as an amendment to the proposal put forward by Councillor Woolley. This was duly seconded. The amendment was accepted by Councillor Woolley and Councillor Healey. When put to the vote the following recommendations were carried: RESOLVED: (a) That the threshold above which gifts and hospitality etc must be registered remains at £10.00; and (b) That the IRPW be asked to consider if it would set a common value which could be applied by all local authorities across Wales
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that none had been received by the deadline.
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that none had been received by the deadline.
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that none had been received by the deadline.
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that none had been received by the deadline.
The Chief Officer (Governance) advised that the item was for information only
Councillor Sean Bibby moved exclusion of the press and public and this was seconded by Councillor Ted Palmer. RESOLVED: That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as the following item is considered to be exempt by virtue of Paragraph(s) 15 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). Paragraphs 12 and 13 of the report contains information relating to or which might tend to identify a living individual and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the interest in disclosing the information.
There were no members of the press in attendance. (The meeting started at 1.00 pm and ended at 3.12 pm)
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