7 GWYNEDD COUNCIL ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2021/22 PDF 118 KB
To submit
the report of the Council Leader.
Additional documents:
Decision:
To approve the report as an accurate, balanced
and clear reflection of the Council's performance in 2020/21, and to adopt it.
Minutes:
Submitted - a report by the Leader, Councillor Dyfrig
Siencyn, asking the Council to approve and adopt Gwynedd Council's
Performance Report 2021/22 as a clear, balanced and accurate picture of the
Council's performance in 2021/22.
During his presentation, the Leader referred to
successes such as developing a Regeneration Plan, building the new Ysgol y
Garnedd and adopting a Climate Change Plan.
He also referred to matters to improve, such as a failure to address the
post-16 education question in Arfon, but he was confident that this would be a
priority in the coming years of the Council's new Plan. He also noted
there had been a delay in the Cricieth area on the development of a new school
due to the need to carry out an archaeological survey.
The Leader then referred to
the summary of the services' day to day work at the end of the report, thanking
the Planning Service officers for their excellent work in preparing research
and solutions in the second home field.
He also noted, as the Joint Local Development Plan was coming to an end,
there was a need to reconsider the collaboration arrangements, and he
explained, in light of discussions between Gwynedd and Anglesey planning
officers, they had concluded that it should be recommended to continue with the
process to terminate the existing collaboration, as a result of the changes to
the national, regional and local planning policy context since the collaboration
arrangement was established in 2001. He
explained further that both councils would continue to collaborate closely on
arrangements to monitor the old Joint Development Plan, along with any other
opportunities that would arise. The
matter would be submitted to the Gwynedd Council Cabinet and Anglesey's Council
Executive on 19 July and should both bodies agree, both counties would develop
their own separate Local Development Plan.
Members were given an
opportunity to make observations and ask questions. The following matters were raised by
individual members:
·
Referring to highlights of the year on page 16 of the agenda, it was
asked how the Council was performing against the target in terms of recycling,
reusing or composting domestic waste and in particular against Welsh
Government's landfill target. In
response, it was noted that Gwynedd's performance was over 64% at the moment,
compared with the statutory target of 70% by March 2025. A possible slippage was seen over the Covid
period in residual waste and there was a need to remind residents of the food
waste and recycling collection service.
Further, there would be a need to look at a work programme to move the
agenda to ensure that we reached the statutory target. In terms of landfill, it was explained that
no waste went to landfill and that all residual waste was incinerated at Parc
Adfer, Flintshire as part of a joint partnership between councils in north
Wales.
· Referring to a comment on page 19 of the agenda that the cost of living crises "has forced the Council to divert resources and adapt by ... view the full minutes text for item 7