Agenda and decisions

To appoint a Chair for 2023/24.

To appoint Councillor Richard Medwyn Hughes as Chair for 2023/24.

To appoint a Vice-chair for 2023/24.

To appoint Councillor Beca Roberts as Vice-chair for 2023/24.

To receive any apologies for absence

The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Council held on 2^nd March, 2023 be signed as a true record.

To receive any declarations 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 submit the report of the Council Leader.

To adopt the Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Services Board Well-being Plan 2023-28.

To submit the report of the Head of Democratic Services.

1.    To adopt the list of committees and sub-committees to be established for the 2023/24 municipal year, as noted below, and to adopt the allocation of seats as noted.

ALLOCATION OF SEATS ON COMMITTEES

* Labour/Liberal Democrats Group

1.    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.

2.    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

To submit the report of the Head of Democratic Services.

To adopt the following higher salaries for 2023/24:

·                Leader

·                Deputy Leader

·                Up to 8 other Cabinet members 

·                The Leader of the largest Opposition party*

·                Committee Chairs:

o Scrutiny Committees (x3)

o Planning Committee

o Licensing Committee (the Central and General Licensing committees count as one Committee)

o Pensions Committee

§    Civic head (Chair of the Council)

§    Deputy civic head (Vice-chair of the Council)

To appoint a Chair of the Democratic Services Committee for 2023/24.

[In accordance with the requirements of Section 14 of the Local Government Bill (Wales) 2011, the Chair of the Democratic Services Committee shall be appointed by the Full Council and it cannot appoint a member of a political group which is represented on the executive.]

To appoint Councillor Dewi Owen as Chair of the Democracy Services Committee for 2023/24.

To submit the report of the Head of Democratic Services.

To adopt the report for information.

To submit the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Services.

1.    To approve the Gwynedd Adults Population Needs Assessment.

2.    To adopt the recommendations in the report in order to incorporate them in the Council Plan.

In accordance with the Notice of Motion received under Section 4.20 of the Constitution, Councillor Rhys Tudur will propose as follows:-

In order for the Council to be innovative in its method of monitoring the implementation of Welsh medium education and the progress in detail and effectively in our schools, the Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee is requested to give consideration to the appropriate means of collecting data and monitoring the Welsh language provision in all secondary schools against the baselines of the categories in which the schools are included.

In order for the Council to be innovative in its method of monitoring the implementation of Welsh medium education and progress in detail and effectively in our schools, I ask the Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee to consider the most appropriate way of gathering data and monitoring the Welsh-medium provision in every secondary school against the baselines of the categories in which the schools are included.

In accordance with the Notice of Motion received under Section 4.20 of the Constitution, Councillor Elin Walker Jones will propose as follows:-

Wales has a laudable ambition of being the first Nation of Sanctuary in the World.  Gwynedd has acted in line with this ambition by offering sanctuary to refugees from across the world.  Despite the ambition of Wales, the Westminster Government is introducing an Illegal Migration Act which endangers the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and criminalises the act of reaching the British Isles in search of asylum.  This conflicts with the principles of the Refugees Convention 1951, and our ambition here in Wales.  In considering the fear that the UK Government’s unwelcoming messages may create, I call on this Council to confirm its ambition to assist refugees, in order to alleviate some of this fear.

Wales has a praiseworthy ambition of being the first Nation of Sanctuary in the World.   Gwynedd has acted in line with this ambition by offering sanctuary to refugees from across the world.  Despite the ambition of Wales, the Westminster Government are introducing an Illegal Migration Act which endangers the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and criminalises the act of reaching the British Isles in search of asylum.  This conflicts against the principles of the Refugees Convention 1951, and our ambition here in Wales.  Considering the fear that the unwelcome messages of the UK Government can trigger, this Council confirms its ambition of assisting refugees, in order to mitigate some of this fear.

To submit, for information – Letter from the Welsh Government in response to Councillor Huw Rowlands’ notice of motion to the 1st December, 2022 Council meeting regarding improving train services in Gwynedd.