For the attention of Sarah King, Director of Governance – The FARCE of the approval of Draft Minutes
I have not seen the draft minutes of the last meeting of the Full Council, but I was in virtual attendance. The agenda item for the approval of draft minutes followed the usual process. The following blog post deals with responses to a FOI request sent to all Welsh Local Authorities asking what process they…
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This post was published in October 2022. The information requested has still not been provided.
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FAO Merthyr Council Councillors. URGENT . Please read this information before the Full Council meeting to be held on 17th July 2024.
The following posts are responses from Welsh Councils regarding their governance procedures for the approval of Minutes of Committee Meetings. No other Welsh Council presents minutes of Committee Meetings to the Full Council for approval. They comply with their Constitutions by presenting the minutes of Committee Meetings to the next suitable meeting of the committee…
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FOI request – MERTHYR COUNCIL – REBLOG
I reblog this post from April 2022 because it has recently received some interest from visitors to the site. This is a copy of a FOI request I submitted to Merthyr Council in February 2019. In February 2016 two meetings were held at Ynysowen Primary School relating to an alleged safeguarding incident involving the Head…
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Merthyr Council Cover-up 