Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

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

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.

To submit the report of the Head of Democracy Services.

To accept the report and to note the information.

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

To accept the report for information.

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

To approve the proposed training arrangements and steps.

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

To note the observations and accept the report.

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

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.