Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager.

To approve the annual report to be submitted to the full Council on 6 October, subject to adding an introduction and foreword by the Chair and Monitoring Officer, reference to the Ombudsman’s response to the Committee’s decision on the complaint referred to it, and to make minor alterations to the members' biographies.

Submitted – the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager attaching a draft of the committee's annual report for 2021/22.  The committee's observations and approval of the document were invited.

It was noted that one member had submitted an update to his biography already, and members referred to further updates / corrections, namely:- 

·         Mr Hywel Eifion Jones - no longer a member of the Betsi Cadwaladr Board, but was now a member of Gwynedd Council's Governance and Audit Committee.  He was also the Chair of Adra and a member of the Gwynedd Pension Board.

·         Councillor Beth Lawton - no longer the Vice-chair of Gwynedd Council Care Scrutiny Committee, but was now the Chair of the Education and Economy Committee for 2021/22.

·         Councillor Anne Lloyd Jones - continued as Treasurer of the local NSPCC branch.

It was suggested that a reference should be included under the heading 'Cases which appeared before the Committee' to the Ombudsman's positive response to the Committee's decision on the complaint referred to him, noting that the case was one that failed to go to appeal as the Committee had carried out its work so thoroughly, as a result of the support provided by the Department and officers.

RESOLVED to approve the annual report for submission to the Full Council on 6 October, subject to adding an introduction and foreword by the Chair and Monitoring Officer, a reference to the Ombudsman's response to the Committee's decision and the complaint referred to it, and to make minor changes to the members' biographies.