Invitation to attend the meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, 14th January, 2026, 5.30 pm. Venue : your living room.

How can you attend this meeting from the comfort of your favourite chair in your living room? You can watch the performance live by asking the Democratic Services Officer to send you a link to attend the meeting virtually via Microsoft Office Teams software.You do not need to download any app.You can click on the … Continue reading Invitation to attend the meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, 14th January, 2026, 5.30 pm. Venue : your living room. →

Continuing Correspondence with Ann Taylor, Head of Democratic Services Department

Response from Ms Taylor Good afternoon, Mr Jones, Thank you for your feedback. In response to your query on the criteria to be met for the inclusion of a question from a member of the public to Full Council - Section 4.18.7 of the Constitution says that The Mayor will invite the questioner to put … Continue reading Continuing Correspondence with Ann Taylor, Head of Democratic Services Department →

Why are the members of Merthyr Council apparently allowing the Senior Officers to continue their cover up of Safeguarding Failures and other related wrongdoings?

Yet another Open Letter to the members of Merthyr Council Geraint Morgan - Monitoring Officer The Monitoring Officer is continuing his subterfuge of not referring to the Audit Wales Report on the Review of Whistleblowing arrangements related to Safeguarding at Merthyr Council in the minutes of Full Council meetings.The minutes are incorrect and incomplete.The Full … Continue reading Why are the members of Merthyr Council apparently allowing the Senior Officers to continue their cover up of Safeguarding Failures and other related wrongdoings? →

Agenda for Full Council on Wednesday, 14th January, 2026, 5.30 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6551 Hyperlink to Agenda Frontsheet https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6551/Agenda%20frontsheet%2014th-Jan-2026%2017.30%20Full%20Council.pdf?T=0 Hyperlink to Draft Minutes of previous meeting https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/s74505/Minutes%2003122025%20Full%20Council.pdf

Some questions that the Merthyr Councillors should put to the Monitoring Officer at the meeting of the Full Council on 14th January.

Some more questions In an attempt to understand the recent minutes of Full Council Minutes, I would suggest that the Councillors ask the Monitoring Officer for some guidance using screenshots taken from the Council’s website. Why are the details in screenshots 2a and 2b different from those in screenshot 4? Why are the details in … Continue reading Some questions that the Merthyr Councillors should put to the Monitoring Officer at the meeting of the Full Council on 14th January. →

Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 14th January, 2026, 4.00 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6574 Agenda Frontsheet Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting

Correspondence with Ann Taylor, Head of Democratic Services Department.

Response from Ann Taylor Good morning, Mr Jones,Thank you for your email dated 26 December 2025, in which you requested that a question be submitted for consideration by Full Council.The question has been reviewed, and it has been determined that the matter raised is operational in nature rather than a political matter. As such, it … Continue reading Correspondence with Ann Taylor, Head of Democratic Services Department. →

Agenda (with missing item for action logs) for Governance and Audit Committee on Monday, 12th January, 2026, 5.00 pm.

Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6600 Agenda Frontsheet for 12th January meeting Observation Note: there is no agenda item for Action logs Extract from agenda Frontsheet for 24th November meeting Observation Note: Agenda item 4 Action log Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting Observation Minute No 34 states that Items 1 and 5 remain open However, … Continue reading Agenda (with missing item for action logs) for Governance and Audit Committee on Monday, 12th January, 2026, 5.00 pm. →

Action Logs for meetings of the Full Council and the Cabinet – An Open Letter to the members of Merthyr Council.

Dear Councillor, Minute No.50 Notice of Question Member of the Public The Chair read the question from the member of the public. The Monitoring Officer responded to the question and stated that he would take the matter forward and would decide whether there is any action to be taken. The above is an extract from … Continue reading Action Logs for meetings of the Full Council and the Cabinet – An Open Letter to the members of Merthyr Council. →