Agenda and decisions

To submit for confirmation, the draft minutes of the following meetings of the County Council: -

·     25 September 2025

·     28 October 2025 (Extraordinary)

The minutes of the following meeting were confirmed as correct:-

·       Minutes of the meeting held on 25 September, 2025

·       Minutes of the Extraordinary meeting held on 28 October, 2025

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

None were received.

To receive any announcements from the Chairperson, Leader of the Council or the Chief Executive.

To receive any petition in accordance with Paragraph 4.1.11 of the Constitution.

No petitions received.

To submit the following question on notice by Councillor Kenneth Hughes to the Council Leader:-

“Following receiving an e-mail to draw my attention to the fact that there is a clash between the dates of the Royal Welsh Show in 2027 and the dates of the School Summer Holidays in Anglesey, which means that schools will be open for the first two days of the show. Is it possible for the portfolio holder to use his influence to try and find a resolution which ensures that there will be no clash between the dates of the show and the dates of school holidays in Anglesey in 2027, this being essential as Anglesey is the feature county in 2027.” 

The Leader to inform the Council following response from Welsh Government to the request for schools in Anglesey to close for the summer holidays on the Friday before the Royal Show in 2027.

·     To receive the following Notice of Motion by Councillor Jeff Evans on behalf

                of the Independent Group Councillors, requesting that Anglesey County

                Council adopts similar proposals as now accepted and in place in

                Manchester City Council: -

“A recent Marie Curie report "dying in poverty" found that 28% of working people and 16% of pension age people are in poverty, in their last year of life; these rates significantly higher than people not in the final/ last year of life.

End of life Charity, Marie Curie, worked with Manchester City Council as to 'pioneering 'Council Tax Plans, and said the Council was the first in England to offer full exemption for people with a terminal illness.

Manchester's proposals set out plans for the Council to change its Discretionary Council Tax Policy, to explicitly include a commitment to support people who have been diagnosed with a terminal condition.

Manchester's initiative is intended to ease the burden on family carers and goes a long way to help/ assist with unseen costs, where there is a palliative diagnosis, including powering home medical devices and allowing/ having heating on longer and higher, to help manage symptoms.

Marie Curie is 'urgently' seeking more Councils to adopt a similar approach to Manchester, to help people live out their last months, weeks, days without worrying about Council Tax Bills.

A number of other Councils have now adopted similar proposals to support people with a terminal illness and in the final year of life.”

·       To receive the following Notice of Motion by Councillor Jackie Lewis: -

   “As an elected member for Talybolion Ward, I very much welcome the

   UK Government’s announcement that Small Modular Reactors will be

   located at Wylfa.

 Anglesey has a proud tradition of energy production at Wylfa Nuclear

 Power Station, providing quality employment for the residents of Anglesey

 for decades.

 However, we are aware of the possible impacts on communities and

 residents living nearby and therefore I ask the County Council to ensure the

 project delivers maximum local benefits, and to reduce and mitigate any

   negative impacts.

   We must listen to the views, needs and concerns of residents as the Wylfa

   project progresses.

  I therefore ask Anglesey Couty Council to work diligently to ensure that the

  economic benefits and employment opportunities are predominantly for the

  residents of Anglesey by: 

·     Ensuing employment and supply chain opportunities for local people and businesses

·     Working with the Learning Department and partners at Coleg Llandrillo Menai and Bangor University to ensure that our young people have the necessary skills

·     Creating circumstances that will allow young people and their families who have already left the island to return

·     Ensuring that our language and culture is a golden thread throughout the process.”

·     Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Jeff Evans

It was AGREED, in principle, to support the Marie Curie initiative to seek full exemption from paying Council Tax to people with a terminal illness in the last year of their lives.

·      Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Jackie Lewis

It was RESOLVED to approve the Motion with following addition :-

To acknowledge the work undertaken by Ms Gwen Parry Jones, the former CEO of Great British Nuclear in her efforts to secure the location of Small Modular Reactors in the Wylfa Site and to invite Ms Gwen Parry Jones to a future meeting of the Council.

To submit the report of the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer, as presented to the Executive on 25 November 2025.

It was RESOLVED to approve the proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide for the final approval of the Council’s Annual Accounts by the Governance and Audit Committee, in place of the Council.

To submit the report of the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer.

It was RESOLVED to accept the recommendations of the Standards Committee Selection Panel as follows:-

·       To appoint Mr David Davies as co-opted independent member of the Standards Committee with a term of office beginning on 12 December, 2025;

·       In the event that a casual vacancy for an independent member of the Standards Committee arises during the next twelve months, to automatically appoint Dr Margaret Flynn to this role without need for a further recruitment process, provided always that this candidate remains eligible for the role, and subject to satisfactory references being received prior to the appointment.