Issue - meetings

To provide an update on member induction and training.

(a)       That the Committee notes the training already delivered to county councillors and the plans to induct the councillor who was on leave; and

(b)       That the Committee considers that no additional training is required as part of the induction programme.

The Monitoring Officer presented information on the programme of Member induction training which had been well attended by both new and returning Members.  An additional training session would be provided for one of the new Members who was away on leave during that time.

A report on the training sessions for Town and Community Councils, which were currently underway, would be brought to the next meeting.  Councillor Johnson commented that these sessions could have been extended over a longer period to enable newly co-opted members of Town and Community Councils to participate.  This suggestion would be discussed as part of the report to the next meeting.

Positive feedback was given on the training sessions by various members of the Committee who had been in attendance.

Following a request by Ken Molyneux, the Monitoring Officer agreed to circulate the local election results for each political party in Flintshire to independent members of the Committee.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the Committee notes the training already delivered to county councillors and the plans to induct the councillor who was on leave; and

(b)       That the Committee considers that no additional training is required as part of the induction programme.