9 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2021 – CYNGOR GWYNEDD SELF-ASSESSMENT (DRAFT) 2021/22 PDF 301 KB
Cyflwynwyd gan: Cllr. Dyfrig Siencyn
Additional documents:
Decision:
The Cyngor
Gwynedd Self-assessment (Draft) 2021/22 was approved, accepting the
recommendations made by the Governance and Audit Committee and to recommend its
adoption to the Full Council.
Minutes:
The report was submitted
by Cllr Dyfrig Siencyn
DECISION
To approve the
Cyngor Gwynedd Self-assessment (Draft) 2021/22, accepting the recommendations
made by the Governance and Audit Committee and to recommend its adoption to the
Full Council.
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted
noting that this was the Council's first Self-assessment, which looked back at
2021/22. It was explained that a new statutory requirement under the Local
Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 noted the need to create and publish
this annually. It was added that the self-evaluation drew on a few sources of
information and evidence and that a great deal
of the information had been published in the Annual Performance Report and in
the Social Services' Annual Report. It was emphasised that in
order to keep the report concise, there were
only references to the documents.
It was noted that the act stipulated an expectation to
present a draft of the Self-assessment to the Governance and Audit Committee
for observations. It was expressed that this had occurred
last week
and that one observation had been received, namely the need to refer to the
training available for Councillors under Corporate Planning in
order to identify
the good
work
that was taking place within the Council.
It was explained that this was the first time that the
Self-evaluation had been submitted
and that an effort had been made to keep it concise and legible. It was
explained that arrangements continued to develop in terms of its preparation and
that future arrangements were to be combined with the performance challenging
arrangements and for it to be included in the Council's Annual Performance
Report.
The Monitoring Officer added that this was a new
procedure and that there was a statutory requirement to enter
into a consultation on the procedure, but
that this was to come.
Observations arising from the discussion
ยท
It was expressed
that the proposal to combine it with the Annual Performance Report was an
opportunity to add another tier of governance within the Council. That the
Council Plan indicated
what the Council would do, the Performance Report noted what had been done and
this would be a middle tier, highlighting how well the Council had done the work.
Awdur: Dewi Wyn Jones