Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Delyn Committee Room, County Hall, Mold CH7 6NA

Contact: Sharon Thomas / 01352 702324  Email: sharon.b.thomas@flintshire.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

At the Annual Meeting, Council resolved that the New Independent group should nominate the Chair of the committee.  The Committee is requested to formally appoint the duly nominated Chair.

Decision:

That Councillor Ray Hughes be appointed Chairman of the Committee for the municipal year.

Minutes:

The Facilitator gave a reminder that at the Annual General Meeting, Council had resolved that the New Independent group should nominate the Chair of the Committee.

 

Councillor Haydn Bateman nominated Councillor Ray Hughes.  This was duly seconded and on being put to the vote, was carried.  No further nominations were received.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor Ray Hughes be appointed Chairman of the Committee for the municipal year.

 

(From this point, Councillor Hughes chaired the remainder of the meeting)

2.

Appointment of Vice-Chair

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the Committee.

Decision:

That Councillor David Evans be appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee for the municipal year.

Minutes:

Councillor Mike Reece nominated Councillor David Evans as Vice-Chair of the Committee.  This was duly seconded and on being put to the vote, was carried.  No further nominations were received.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Councillor David Evans be appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee for the municipal year.

3.

Declarations of Interest (Including Whipping Declarations)

Purpose: To receive any Declarations and advise Members accordingly.

Decision:

Minutes:

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 63 KB

Purpose: To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March 2017.

Decision:

That the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 8 March 2017 had been circulated with the agenda.

 

Matters Arising

 

Minute number 54: Minutes of the previous meeting - Councillor Chris Dolphin said that the Committee had yet to receive a breakdown of planning enforcement cases and that this action had been outstanding for some time.  It was explained by the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) that an item on Enforcement had been scheduled in the Forward Work Programme.  In addition, work being undertaken on the draft recommendations of an audit report on Enforcement would enable local Members to view the status of cases within their wards.  When asked by Councillor Dolphin, the Chief Officer provided the names of the four Enforcement Officers currently employed by the Council.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

5.

Members of the Press and Public in Attendance

Minutes:

There were no members of the press and public in attendance.