10 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEAD OF DEMOCRACY SERVICES 2021/22 PDF 455 KB
To submit
the report of the Head of Democracy Services.
Additional documents:
Decision:
To accept the report.
Minutes:
The Head of Democracy
Services presented his annual report on behalf of the Democracy Services
Committee in respect of support for members.
The Head of Department thanked the Chair of the Democracy Services
Committee during the time of the report, Councillor Anne Lloyd Jones, members
of the committee and the officers within the service who provided the
day-to-day support.
Members were given an
opportunity to make observations and ask questions. The following matters were raised by
individual members:-
·
It was asked whether it
would be possible to arrange training for the members on how to use the
Members' Intranet. In response, it was confirmed that this would be possible,
and it was noted that IT Officers were available to provide day-to-day support
to members also.
·
In response to an observation that Gwynedd Council had been slow in
announcing the results of the recent elections, it was noted that the officers
were aware there had been somewhat of a delay with some results, and were also
aware of what actions to take to ensure that all results were announced on time
in future.
·
Dissatisfaction was expressed that meeting dates had changed since the
Council adopted the 2022/23 committee calendar at its meeting in March. In
response, an apology was made for any inconvenience this had caused the
members, but it was explained that the date of this meeting of the Council had
been moved forward a week for reasons related to the Council's business planning,
and that this had been shared at the Business Group directly after the
elections.
·
The Democracy Service was thanked for maintaining the Council's
committee system during Covid while everyone was
working from home.
RESOLVED to accept
the report.