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  • Agenda and decisions

    Democracy Services Committee - Thursday, 16th March, 2023 2.00 pm

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 279 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 3 MB
    • Printed decisions PDF 116 KB

    Venue: Cyfarfod Rhithiol / Virtual Meeting. View directions

    Contact: Eirian Roberts  01286 679018

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    APOLOGIES

    To receive any apologies for absence.

    2.

    DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

    To receive any declaration of personal interest.

    3.

    URGENT ITEMS

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

    4.

    MINUTES pdf icon PDF 309 KB

    The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the last meeting of this committee held on 15 November 2022, be signed as a true record.

    5.

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEAD OF DEMOCRACY SERVICES pdf icon PDF 482 KB

    To submit the report of the Head of Democracy Services.

    Decision:

    To accept the report and to note the information.

     

    6.

    SUPPORT FOR COUNCILLORS AND COUNCILLOR SAFETY pdf icon PDF 157 KB

    To submit the joint report of the Democratic and Language Service Manager, the Assistant Head of Corporate Support and the Members’ Training Officer.

    Decision:

    To accept the report for information.

     

    7.

    LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISION FOR MEMBERS pdf icon PDF 808 KB

    To submit the report of the Organisational Learning and Development Manager.

    Decision:

    To approve the proposed training arrangements and steps.

     

    8.

    SUPPORT FOR COUNCILLORS - PERFORMANCE OF THE DEMOCRACY SERVICES TEAM pdf icon PDF 249 KB

    To submit the report of the Democracy and Language Service Manager and the Democracy Services Team Leader.

    Decision:

    To note the observations and accept the report.

     

    9.

    REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION PANEL FOR WALES pdf icon PDF 64 KB

    To submit the report of the Democratic and Language Services Manager.

    Additional documents:

    • Item 9 - Appendix A , item 9. pdf icon PDF 142 KB

    Decision:

     

    1.    To recommend that the Full Council adopts the higher salaries list for 2023/24 and for the future (as seen in paragraph 14 of the report to the committee).

    2.    To note that the Committee had requested additional information in relation to the responsibilities and workload of the Chair of the Democracy Services Committee, including a comparison with the situation in other counties, and a wish to recommend to the Full Council that a higher salary should be paid to the Chair of the Democracy Services Committee, if the additional information merits this.