Issue - meetings

For information and to offer any observations on the arrangements.

1.      To accept and note the contents of the report.

2.      To accept the Monitoring Officer’s proposal to prepare a report on options for publishing information on the Council’s website, to be presented to Members at the next meeting of this Committee, scheduled for 23 February 2025.

The report was submitted by the Propriety and Elections Manager. This was confirmed to be a regular report to the Committee, in accordance with its work programme. It was noted that it related to the Code of Conduct for Councillors, which requires members to provide written notice to the Monitoring Officer of any offer of hospitality, material benefit or advantage valued at more than £25, which is the threshold amount set by Cyngor Gwynedd. It was confirmed that the principles were outlined in the protocol, which provided guidance to members as to what was appropriate to accept. It was noted that gifts rejected by members were also registered, in order to analyse patterns, etc.

It was confirmed that there had been a low number of gift registrations this year, which was similar to the previous year of 2024/25. It was reported that only three new registrations had been received since the last meeting, and those related to the same event.

Gratitude was expressed for the report and Council members were commended on their compliance with the policy. It was suggested that consideration should be given to publishing a gifts and hospitality register on the Council's website, to reflect public confidence and ensure transparency. It was noted that data security issues were also important and this would need to be taken into account when considering options for publishing information online. It was decided that the Monitoring Officer would prepare a report on options for entering the information online by the next meeting of the Committee. 

1.      To accept and note the contents of the report.

2.      To accept the Monitoring Officer’s proposal to prepare a report on options for publishing information on the Council’s website, to be presented to Members at the next meeting of this Committee, scheduled for 23 February 2025.