Agenda, decisions and minutes

To elect Chair for 2022-2023

Elect Councillor Elin Hywel as Chair of the Committee for the year 2022/23.

RESOLVED elect Councillor Elin Hywel as Chair of the Committee for 2022/23.

To elect Vice Chair for 2022-2023

Elect Councillor Kim Jones as Vice-chair of the Committee for the year 2022/23.

Two names were proposed and seconded for the post of vice-chair, namely Councillor Kim Jones and Councillor Glyn Daniels.

RESOLVED Elect Councillor Kim Jones as Vice-chair of the Committee for 2022/23.

To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Councillor Arwyn Herald Roberts and Councillor Dyfrig Siencyn (Council Leader).

To receive any declaration of personal interest

No declarations of personal interest were received.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

Concern was expressed regarding the political balance of the committee's membership and that the Committee’s work could be a seal of approval exercise.

The Chair gave assurance that the committee would undertake its role of scrutinising the Council and the Cabinet's work.

In response to a question by a member, the Scrutiny Advisor noted there was no specific rule in terms of designating the vice-chairmanship to a political group. She confirmed that the chairmanship was designated to a political group and that a yearly review was held of the scrutiny chairmanship allocation. 

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this Committee, held on 10.03.2022 be signed as a true record. 

The Chair signed the minutes of the previous committee meeting held on 10 March, 2022, as a true record.

To elect members of the committee to attend performance monitoring meetings.

To elect Councillors Rhys Tudur and Linda Morgan to attend Environment work field performance challenge meetings.

To elect Councillors Stephen Churchman and Arwyn Herald Roberts to attend Highways and Municipal work field performance challenge meetings.

To elect Councillors Rob Triggs and Llio Elenid Owen to attend Gwynedd Consultancy work field performance challenge meetings.

Nominations for attending performance challenge meetings were invited. It was explained that the Communities Scrutiny Committee had three specific work areas - Environment, Highways and Municipal, and Gwynedd Consultancy. Attention was drawn to the 'Performance Challenge Guidance for Scrutiny Members' included in the agenda.

RESOLVED:

-          Elect Councillors Rhys Tudur and Linda Morgan to attend the Environment work field performance challenge meetings.

-          Elect Councillors Stephen Churchman and Arwyn Herald Roberts to attend the Highways and Municipal work field performance challenge meetings.

-          Elect Councillors Rob Triggs and Llio Elenid Owen to attend the Gwynedd Consultancy work field performance challenge meetings.

To elect Councillors Stephen Churchman and Arwyn Herald Roberts to attend Highways and Municipal work field performance challenge meetings.

To elect Councillors Rob Triggs and Llio Elenid Owen to attend Gwynedd Consultancy work field performance challenge meetings.

To nominate a member of the committee as a representative at the Climate and Nature Board Meetings

To elect Councillor Beca Roberts to represent the Committee on the Climate and Nature Board.

The Head of Environment Department set out the background and context of the report. He explained that the Cabinet had adopted the Climate and Nature Emergency Plan on 8 March 2022. He detailed on the membership of the Climate and Nature Board which included Cabinet Members and Heads of Departments in the relevant main fields. The Committee was asked to elect a representative for the Climate and Nature Board. 

RESOLVED elect Councillor Beca Roberts to represent the Committee on the Climate and Nature Board.

The meeting commenced at 10.00am and concluded at 10.30am.

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CHAIR