Issue - meetings

To receive any Chair’s announcements.

Condolences were extended to the following:-

·           Councillor Louise Hughes and family due to the loss of her mother during the summer.

·           Mrs Sharon Warnes, Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee and family following the death of her husband recently.

It was also noted that Councillor Pete Prendergast, Chair of Denbighshire Council had passed away last week, and condolences were expressed to his family and to fellow councillors at Denbighshire Council.

It was also noted that the Council wished to express condolences to everyone within the county’s communities who had lost loved ones recently.

The Council stood in silence as a mark of respect and remembrance.

Best wishes were expressed to Mrs Sharon Warnes, Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee, who was unable to attend this meeting due to hospital treatment.

The following were congratulated:-

·         Everyone who had been successful at the Llŷn and Eifionydd National Eisteddfod in August, especially Rhys Iorwerth from Caernarfon, Alan Llwyd, Treforys, but originally from Abersoch and Alun Ffred, former Leader of this Council, for winning the Crown, the Chair and the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize. Everyone who had helped at the Eisteddfod were also thanked.  

·         Rhodri Jones, Democracy Services Officer, on recently being elected Senior Member of the Year for the Eryri Federation of Young Farmers.

·         Football referee Cheryl Foster, originally from Bangor, for being the first female referee to take charge of a match in the Welsh Premier League. On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed her to the administration pool for the FIFA 2023 Women's World Cup competition in Australia and New Zealand, and back in May of this year, she had been named as the referee for the final of the 2023 WEFA Women's Champions League between Barcelona and Wolfsburg on 3 June 2023.

·         O Ddrws i Ddrws on celebrating 20 years of service in Dwyfor and Eifionydd.  It had also been given to understand that the O Ddrws i Ddrws Board was eager to thank Cyngor Gwynedd for its support during those years.

·         Councillor Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn on walking 206 miles from Bangor to Cardiff to promote the campaign to reopen railway lines from Aberystwyth to Caerfyrddin and from Bangor to Afonwen. It was also noted that a petition on this matter had succeeded to attract more than 13,000 signatories.