To consider the report of the Head of Democratic Services
(attached).
Minutes:
The Head of Democratic Services set the context, and explained:-
·
That the report that was before the council this
time was a little different from usual because the Plaid Cymru group had a
clear majority on the Council.
·
By fully implementing the rules pertaining to
political balance, the Plaid Cymru Group would have the right to have a
majority on every individual committee, but it was agreed at a meeting of the
Business Group that the focus should be on expertise and experience, rather
than implementing the rules rigidly in every case.
·
As a result, the recommendations in the report
included three committees where the Plaid Cymru Group did not have a majority,
namely the Corporate Scrutiny Committee, the Employment Appeals Committee and
the Special Educational Needs Joint Committee.
·
In order to approve the recommendations, and that
because the rules were not being fully implemented, the Council would have to
approve them unopposed. Otherwise,
revised figures would have to be submitted to the Council which would mean that
the Independent, Llais Gwynedd and Labour groups would further lose out on some
committees.
He further noted:-
·
A notice was received during the meeting that
Councillor Louise Hughes was joining the Independent Group and the groups were
urged to present these types of notices far earlier in future.
·
That the result of the change in the political
balance and the report's recommendations were that the Independent Group had
gained two seats, one on the Communities Scrutiny Committee and the other on
the Central Licensing Committee, and that at the expense of the individual
members, but as Councillor Louise Hughes was the individual member on both of
the committees in question, it did not involve any further changes to those
committees.
The Leader gave a further explanation, and noted:-
·
That every member, across all of the political groups,
had a contribution to make with only 16 months remaining until the next local
government elections, and it was agreed that the culture of collaborating and
seeing contributions from across the political spectrum should continue.
·
This meant that there was more pressure on all
members to attend meetings.
·
That
there was a need to look again at the seats of the Pensions Committee as a
member of the Labour Group who would be losing his seat on the committee had
received training in the field.
A registered vote was called for on the proposal.
In accordance with Procedural Rules, the following vote was recorded on
the motion:-
In favour of the
motion: (48) Councillors Stephen Churchman, Annwen Daniels, Anwen
Davies, Lesley Day, Gwynfor Edwards, Dyfed Edwards, Elwyn Edwards, Thomas
Ellis, Alan Jones Evans, Aled Evans, Gweno Glyn, Simon Glyn, Gwen Griffith,
Selwyn Griffiths, Alwyn Gruffydd, Siân Gwenllian, Annwen Hughes, John Brynmor
Hughes, Louise Hughes, Sian Wyn Hughes, Peredur Jenkins, Aeron M.Jones, Aled
Wyn Jones, Anne Lloyd Jones, Brian Jones, Charles W.Jones, Eric Merfyn Jones,
John Wynn Jones, Sion Wyn Jones, Eryl Jones-Williams, Beth Lawton, June
Marshall, Dafydd Meurig, Dilwyn Morgan, Linda Morgan, Dewi Owen, Michael Sol
Owen, W.Roy Owen, William Tudor Owen, Nigel Pickavance, Caerwyn Roberts, Gareth
A.Roberts, John Pughe Roberts, W.Gareth Roberts, Angela Russell, Dyfrig
Siencyn, Mike Stevens, Glyn Thomas, Ioan Thomas, Hefin Underwood, Ann Williams,
Elfed Williams, Gruffydd Williams, Hefin Williams, Owain Williams, R.H.Wyn
Williams, Mandy Williams-Davies and Eurig Wyn.
Abstentions: (0)
Against: (0)
RESOLVED
(a)
To adopt the allocation of seats on the Council’s committees in accordance with
the table below –
SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
|
Plaid Cymru |
Independent |
Llais Gwynedd |
Labour |
Liberal Democrats |
Individual Member |
Corporate |
9 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Communities |
10 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Services |
10 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
Audit |
10 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
OTHER COMMITTEES
|
Plaid Cymru |
Independent |
Llais Gwynedd |
Labour |
Liberal Democrats |
Individual Member |
|
Democratic
Services |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
Language |
8 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
Planning |
8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Central Licensing |
8 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Employment Appeals |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Chief Officers Appointment |
8 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of seats |
82 |
39 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
154 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
Independent |
Llais Gwynedd |
Labour |
Liberal Democrats |
Individual Member |
||||||||
Pensions |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
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Local Joint Consultative Committee |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
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Special Educational Needs Joint Committee |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
||||||||
Joint Planning Policy Committee |
4 (3 seats and one substitute) |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
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SACRE |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total seats |
103 |
49 |
20 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
194 |
|
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(changes
highlighted in grey)
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