Agenda and decisions

To elect a Chair for 2022/23.

To elect Councillor Elwyn Jones as Chair for 2022/23.

To elect a Vice-chair for 2022/23.

To elect Councillor R.Medwyn Hughes as Vice-chair for 2022/23.

To receive any apologies for absence.

The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Council held on 3^rd March, 2022 be signed as a true record.

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

To receive any Chair’s announcements.

To note any items which are urgent business in the opinion of the Chair so they may be considered.

To consider any questions the appropriate notice for which have been given under Section 4.19 of the Constitution.

To appoint the Leader of the Council.

To appoint Councillor Dyfrig Siencyn as Council Leader. 

To submit the report of the Head of Democracy Services.

1.       To adopt the list of committees and sub-committees to be established for the 2022/23 municipal year, as noted in Appendix A to the report, and to adopt the allocation of seats as noted in the appendix.

2.       To delegate the authority to the Head of Democratic Services to make appointments to the committees on the basis of political balance, and in accordance with the wishes of the political groups

3.       To adopt the chairpersonships of scrutiny committees on the basis of political balance, as follows:

Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee - Independent Group

Communities Scrutiny Committee – Plaid Cymru Group

Care Scrutiny Committee - Independent Group

4.       To adopt the higher salaries for 2022/23, and to ask the Democratic Services Committee to review the list for 2023/24.

5.       To confirm the allocation of the political groups support officers' posts and hours for the duration of this Council term unless a substantial change takes place in the political balance of the Council or that a political group has fewer than 10% of members.

6.       To adopt the seat allocation for the Snowdonia National Park Authority and the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority for the term of this Council unless a review is required because of changes in the political balance or a lack of commitment from an individual member.

To submit the report of the Monitoring Officer.

1.         Adopt the amendments to the Constitution (Appendix 1 of the report) to allow for the implementation of Section 57 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.

2.         To accept for information the amendments made to the Constitution (Appendix 1) by the Monitoring Officer to incorporate the provisions of Section 58 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.

3.         To authorise the Monitoring Officer to make the further amendments to the Constitution that derive directly as a result of this change.

(a)  To submit, for information - Letters from S4C, Sport Wales and Welsh Government in response to former Councillor Judith Humphreys’ notice of motion to the 3rd March, 2022 Council meeting regarding women in sport.

(b)  To submit, for information – Letter from Welsh Government in response to Councillor Beca Brown’s notice of motion to the 3^rd March, 2022 Council meeting regarding FareShare.