Issue - meetings
Review of Dispensation Procedure
Meeting: 21/09/2020 - Standards Committee (Item 5)
5 Review of Dispensation Procedures at Anglesey and Gwynedd Councils 
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To compare and contrast how other Council in
North Wales process applications for dispensation
Additional documents:
Decision:
(a) That the processes and procedures for dealing with applications for dispensations by County Councillors and Town and Community Councillors at Anglesey and Gwynedd be noted; and
(b) Other local authorities be contacted to gather the same information as Anglesey and Gwynedd, with the specific question of how did they promote the process to encourage individuals to submit applications for dispensation, being asked.
Minutes:
The Deputy Monitoring Officer introduced the report and explained that there were no statutory procedures in place for dealing with applications for dispensations and every Standards Committee implemented its own arrangements.
Flintshire’s Standards Committee considered that it would be useful to explore what processes other Councils in North Wales had for dealing with applications for dispensations. The report reviewed the processes and procedures for dealing with dispensations at Anglesey County Council and Gwynedd County Council with a focus on applications during 2019/20, including the numbers dealt with by each authority.
Anglesey County Council was very similar to Flintshire County Council, but they had a Sub-Committee of Standards Committee to deal with dispensations. At full Standards Committees, a specific report was submitted to explain any dispensations that had been considered.
In response to a question from Julia Hughes as to how each authority promoted the process to encourage individuals to submit applications for dispensation, the Deputy Monitoring Officer said the information outlined in the report had been sourced from the websites of each authority. A discussion ensued and it was agreed that other authorities would be contacted with that specific question being asked.
RESOLVED:
(a) That the processes and procedures for dealing with applications for dispensations by County Councillors and Town and Community Councillors at Anglesey and Gwynedd be noted; and
(b) Other local authorities be contacted to gather the same information as Anglesey and Gwynedd, with the specific question of how did they promote the process to encourage individuals to submit applications for dispensation, being asked.