Issue - meetings

To adopt an amended work programme for 2024/25.

To adopt the amended work programme for 2024/25.

Submitted – the report of the Scrutiny Advisor inviting the committee to adopt a revised work programme for 2024/25 following a request from the Education Department to slip the 'Immersion Education System' item, scheduled for discussion at this meeting, to the 13 February 2025 meeting due to the evaluation of the system being carried out during this school term.  It was noted that a draft report of the findings and any recommendations were anticipated to be available in the New Year.  It was also noted that following consulting with the Chair, it was agreed to the request to slip the item to ensure that the item was scrutinised in a timely manner to enable scrutiny to add value.

Members were given an opportunity to ask questions and offer observations. ⁠ 

It was suggested that this Council was becoming more of an Arfon Council than Cyngor Gwynedd and a request was made for information on what the Council was doing to develop the economy of Dwyfor and Meirionnydd in particular.  In response, it was noted that the item 'Gwynedd Economy Plan' was on the agenda of the 13 February 2025 meeting and that this could be one of the specific questions to ask the Department in advance.

The Chair noted that some members had already commented that no items on the economy had been included on the agenda for this meeting and he suggested that the item 'Gwynedd Economy Plan' appeared early on the agenda of the next meeting so that the subject could be duly addressed.

RESOLVED to adopt the amended work programme for 2024/25.