10 PETITIONS SCHEME PDF 116 KB
Cyflwynwyd gan: Cllr. Menna Jones
Additional documents:
Decision:
To approve the Petitions Scheme and recommend
its adoption by the Full Council.
Minutes:
The report was submitted
by Cllr Dyfrig Siencyn
DECISION
To approve the Petitions Scheme and recommend its
adoption by the Full Council.
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted
noting that it was a report that sought
to approve the Petitions Scheme and recommend its adoption at the next Full
Council. It was explained that adopting a Petitions Scheme was a statutory
requirement on the Council in the Local Government and Elections Act 2021. It
was expressed that the Scheme noted how the Council would deal with petitions
when it received them.
It was noted that a petition was a way for
individuals, community groups and organisations to raise matters that caused
them concern and gave an opportunity for Councillors to consider the need for
change. It was added that the scheme set out steps on how to present the
petition and what could be expected as a response and the steps that would be
taken by the Council. It was emphasised that some cases such as school
restructuring followed legal and statutory requirements on consultation and
statutory response periods and a petition would not be accepted outside those
arrangements.
It was highlighted that the Democracy Services
Committee had discussed the Scheme last week, and observations had been
received and minor adaptations had been made to the Scheme following these
discussions.
Observations arising from the discussion
·
It was asked
that if a petition was received,
could it be discussed by the Cabinet Member, the Cabinet or the Full Council,
and an enquiry was made about who decided on the level of resolution. It was
explained that it was subject to the nature of the petition and that it
followed the sensible route.
·
It was asked
whether the scheme was different to what currently happened. It was explained
that this Scheme formalised the arrangements and raised the awareness of
residents.
·
It was noted
that it was nice to see the Cabinet being able to relax when discussing the
requirements of the Act, and that this was as
a result of very robust governance arrangements
being seen in a number of
teams who worked in the background across the Council.
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