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Apologies for absence were received from Mr J Goolden [Independent Member] and County Councillor I McIntosh.
The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meeting held on 21 June 2023 as a correct record. It was noted that Newtown Town Council had signed up to the Civility and Respect Pledge referred to at the last meeting by One Voice Wales.
There were no declarations of interest.
The Committee received the report of the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer (copy filed with signed minutes). A Referral of Councillors to Public Services Ombudsman A1. Town and Community Councillor Referrals The current position regarding matters with the Ombudsman is detailed below. It was noted that in the report 03/22 gave only one date and no other details. Officers agreed to look into this and the table below shows the correct details. The abbreviations used in the headings are as follows: MO – Monitoring Officer OW – Ombudsman Wales Stds – Standards Community Sub-Committee APW - Adjudication Panel for Wales Ref Date OW notified MO of complaint Date OW advised investigating or not investigating Date OW’s decision Date considered by Stds Date considered by APW 11/21 20/12/21 01/02/22 investigating Referred to APW N/A Hearing 04/07/23 -Former councillor Donald Jenkins - disqualified for 15 months 03/22 26/09/22 investigating N/A N/A N/A 01/23 26/06/23 not investigating N/A N/A N/A 02/23 14/08/23 not investigating N/A N/A N/A B. Dispensations B1. Applications - Town and Community Councillors No applications for dispensation had been received from Town or Community Councillors. C. Ombudsman Wales – Our Findings The Community Sub-Committee noted that details of cases are available in Ombudsman Wales - Our Findings. The Sub-Committee was advised that at a recent meeting of the Monitoring Officers in Wales, the Ombudsman’s office was asked to consider re-instating the “ Casebook”, which was considered to be more helpful. D. Adjudication Panel for Wales Details of cases considered by the APW are available on its website. E. Meeting Dates Meetings in 2024 would take place on the following dates at 2pm: 7 February 12 June 30 October It was noted that meetings are scheduled for Wednesdays and in response to a question the Chair agreed that the Council diary would be reviewed to see if an alternative day could be found.
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