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Agenda item

To submit the report of the Monitoring Officer.

Minutes:

Submitted - the report of the Monitoring Officer asking the committee to consider and determine three applications for general dispensation from the Bangor area members in association with a review of education provision in the Bangor area that was being undertaken by the Council.  Before considering the individual applications, the Monitoring Officer provided an outline of the school organisation process. He reminded the Committee that it had set guidelines for dealing with such applications and had approved dispensations in the past to enable members to participate in local discussions.

 

Aled Jones (Independent Member) declared an interest in the matter and left the meeting.

 

Details were given on the three applications individually, namely:

 

·         An application from Councillor Dafydd Meurig, asking for permission to speak only as his sister worked for Caban y Faenol Cyf Nursery, which was located on the land of Ysgol y Faenol, Bangor. He was the Local Member for Arllechwedd, and would represent the interests of the school in his ward, namely Ysgol Llandygai.  Any interest would arise should there be a discussion on a matter that would be likely to affect the Caban y Faenol Nursery specifically.   

·         An application from Councillor Elin Walker Jones, asking for the right to speak only as she was a member of the Ysgol y Garnedd and Ysgol Tryfan Governing Bodies (with responsibility for special educational needs) and was also the parent of two children at Ysgol Tryfan, and a former parent at Ysgol y Garnedd. It was explained that the only connection that led to prejudicial interests was the fact that she was a parent with children at Ysgol Tryfan.

·         An application from Councillor Menna Baines, asking for the right to speak only as she had children who were pupils at Ysgol Tryfan and who were former pupils of Ysgol y Garnedd.  She was also a member of the Ysgol y Faenol Governing Body. It was explained that the only connection that led to prejudicial interests was the fact that she was a parent with children at Ysgol Tryfan.

 


Each application was considered and voted on individually and the committee was in favour of approving the three applications for dispensation on the same terms that had been approved for similar applications in the past.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.    To approve dispensation for Councillor Dafydd Meurig to speak but not to vote at meetings under the auspices of the Council regarding the process of reorganising  education provision of the Bangor area, but that he may not speak, or be present or vote at a meeting of the Council, Cabinet or any of his committees, and that he is required to clearly state that he has been granted a dispensation at every meeting he participates in, explaining the exact nature of the restraints on him, and that this is noted in the minutes of such meetings.

 

2.    To approve dispensation for Councillor Elin Walker Jones to speak but not to vote at meetings under the auspices of the Council regarding the process of reorganising  education provision of the Bangor area, but that she may not speak, or be present or vote at a meeting of the Council, Cabinet or any of her committees, and that she is required to clearly state that she has been granted a dispensation at every meeting she participates in, explaining the exact nature of the restraints on her, and that this is noted in the minutes of such meetings.

 

 

3.   To approve dispensation for Councillor Menna Baines to speak but not to vote at meetings under the auspices of the Council regarding the process of reorganising  education provision of the Bangor area, but that she may not speak, or be present or vote at a meeting of the Council, Cabinet or any of her committees, and that she is required to clearly state that she has been granted a dispensation at every meeting she participates in, explaining the exact nature of the restraints on her, and that this is noted in the minutes of such meetings.

 

 

 

 

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