Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Propriety and Elections Manager

To accept and note the information.

A report presenting background information on the declaration and registration of interests in meetings. It was noted that the code of conduct for Members placed a duty on members to disclose orally at any meeting, the existence and nature of any personal interest they had in a business being considered. It was explained that the further duty to register that interest involved giving written notice to the Monitoring Officer. It was explained that the practice in Cyngor Gwynedd was for a democratic services officer to hand out a paper form when members made a declaration at a Committee meeting and collect it at the end.

It was explained that a new process had now been developed with the democratic and IT services which created a process to register interests on-line using the Microsoft Forms resource.

It was noted that the intention was to use this procedure for all declaring members including those present in the meeting room.

DECISION

To accept and note the information.