Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager.

To approve the report on the outcome of the investigation of a complaint against Councillor Louise Hughes of Cyngor Gwynedd, noting a minor editorial amendment, to be submitted to the Monitoring Officer, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Councillor Hughes and the complainant in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations.

Submitted – the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager detailing the outcome of the investigation of a complaint against Councillor Louise Hughes of Cyngor Gwynedd, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (as amended).

Further to the contents of the report, it was confirmed that Councillor Louise Hughes had presented a letter of apology to the complainant by now and that the suspension period had come to an end.

Referring to the Standards Committee Decision Notice (that was attached as an appendix to the report) it was noted that the first sentence of paragraph 6 needed to be corrected to read:-

"The Committee considered the written report of the Ombudsman's investigation, the further documents that were presented beforehand by the Member and the Ombudsman in line with the Committee's pre-hearing procedure, and the evidence by the Authority confirmed that no translation provision was available when the Member received the e-mails."

The Chair thanked all the members for their input on the day, and to the Propriety and Elections Manager and the Democracy Services Officer for all their work during the process of arranging and holding the hearing.

RESOLVED to approve the report on the outcome of the investigation of a complaint against Councillor Louise Hughes of Cyngor Gwynedd, noting a minor editorial amendment, to be submitted to the Monitoring Officer, Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, Councillor Hughes and the complainant in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations.