Issue - meetings

The Democratic Services Manager presented the Member Development Update report and explained that following the local elections the previous year an Induction Programme was designed to provide new and returning Members with essential knowledge to function effectively as a Councillor.

Regular update reports on progress on the Member Development events would be reported to the Constitution and Democratic Services Committee.  In addition, if Members had any suggestions for future Member Development events they could contact the Democratic Services Manager.

Events that had taken place since the previous meeting were:

·         Well-being of Future Generations Act Workshop – 8^th February 2018

·         Health and Safety for Councillors – 15^th March 2018

·         Planning Inspectorate Training – 9^th April 2018

·         Review of the Council’s subsidies for Public Transport Workshop – 11^th April 2018

·         Information Sharing Principles Workshop – 16^th April 2018

·         Income Generation Workshop – 18^th April 2018

Forthcoming workshops were:

·         Council Plan – 29^th May 2018

·         General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) briefing – June 2018

·         Performance Monitoring Workshop – July 2018

Following the rollout of Domestic Violence Awareness training for staff, it was also proposed that this be offered to Members.  Similarly with the “Look at Me” campaign which was an awareness training session on Autism Spectrum Disorder.

In response to a comment from Councillor Smith, the Chief Executive said that if he was unable to attend a training session that he was interested in, officers could provide a condensed one to one session for him. He confirmed that the Welsh Language sessions that staff were invited to attend were also open to Members.

Councillor Christine Jones suggested Corporate Parenting training which was welcomed by the Democratic Services Manager.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the progress with Member Development events be noted; and

(b)       That suggestions for future Member Development events be discussed with the Democratic Services Manager.