Meeting documents

The meeting was opened with a Prayer by Councillor Eurfryn G.Davies.

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DECLARATION OF INTEREST

The Chairman invited the Solicitor to address Members regarding their obligation to Declare an Interest. The Solicitor stated that for those Councillors who are Members of the Cwmni Gwastraff Môn Arfon Joint Committee they had an interest to declare under paragraph 5.1.3.3 of the Members Code of Conduct in that they are Members of a Body to which they have been appointed by the Authority and therefore under Paragraph 5.1.3.7(i) a Member with such an interest must disclose it at the outset.  That Member is allowed to remain in the meeting to discuss the issue but may not vote on the matter. Prior to the vote being taken, any Member having disclosed an interest must leave the meeting. This would be minuted.  

Accordingly, Councillors Eurfryn Davies, P.M.Fowlie, R.Llewelyn Jones, J.Arthur Jones, R.G.Parry OBE, John Roberts and John Williams declared an interest in that they are Members of the Cwmni Gwastraff Môn Arfon Joint Committee.

2

TO RECEIVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON, LEADER, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE OR THE HEAD OF THE PAID SERVICES

The Chairman welcomed Councillor Eric Jones, the newly elected Member for the

Llanfihangelesceifiog Ward to his first meeting as a Councillor and wished him well for the future.

Sympathy was extended to Councillor R.L.Owen on the recent loss of his sister and to

Councillor P.M.Fowlie on the recent loss of his grandmother. Both Members thanked the Chairman and Members for their letters and messages of condolence. In addition, the Chairman informed Members that Ms. June Williams of the Managing Director’s Department had lost her father and Mrs.Eileen Ann Thomas of had lost her husband, Mr John Thomas.

Members stood as a mark of respect to all those who had been bereaved.

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EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC

The following was adopted:-

“Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public were excluded from the meeting during discussion on the following item as it involved the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 7,8,9 of Schedule 12A of the said Act.”

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CWMNI GWASTRAFF MÔN ARFON

Submitted and accepted - a copy of the KPMG report as presented to the Cwmni Gwastraff Mon Arfon Joint Committee held on 9th February 2007 together with the resolution from the meeting of the Cwmni Gwastraff Môn Arfon Joint Committee held on 9 February 2007.

The Chairman of the Cwmni Gwastraff Môn Arfon Joint Committee informed Members that the purpose of the Council Meeting was to update Members on the current position and request their permission to continue with discussions and negotiations with KPMG. He emphasized Members were not expected to make a final decision at the meeting and that a further County Council would be called once all the relevant information was to hand.

Members were given the opportunity to question the Chairman of the Joint Committee, the Corporate Director of Finance and the Corporate Director (Environment and Technical Services) and to express their views regarding the current position.

Prior to a vote being taken on a proposal made by the Leader of the Council, the seven Councillors who had declared an interest, as shown in item 1 of the Minutes, left the Council Chamber.

RESOLVED  :

4.1

To accept the KPMG report ;

4.3

That if necessary, an Extraordinary Meeting of the County Council be called in order to progress the issue.

COUNCILLOR JOHN ROWLANDS

CHAIRMAN