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Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Governance arrangements for the council's role as corporate trustee
Cabinet agreed to set up a Trusts Cabinet Committee of five Cabinet members. It will exercise the council's functions as corporate trustee, act in the best interests of each trust, adopt policies including a conflicts of interest policy, and require members to train. Cabinet agreed that five Cabinet members be appointed to it, with advice from the Monitoring Officer. Cabinet agreed to recommend that Council set up a Trusts Advisory Committee of three independent members of the Standards and Ethics Committee. That committee would advise on proposals where the council has a serious conflict of interest.
Council. Full Council sets the budget and council tax and approves major plans.
Governance arrangements for the council's trusts
Council agreed to set up an advisory committee called the Trusts Advisory Committee. It will have three independent members from the Standards and Ethics Committee. Where the council is a corporate trustee of a trust and has a serious conflict of interest, the committee will advise the Trusts Cabinet Committee or the Cabinet on whether a proposal should be agreed, with or without changes. The recommendations were carried by 47 votes to 9, with 9 abstentions.
Policy Review and Performance Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Governance of trusts where the Council is trustee
The Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member, on the Committee's behalf, with its observations and recommendations on the way forward for trusts governance.
Cabinet Trust Committee. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Llywodraethu ymddiriedolaethau'r Cyngor a gwrthdaro buddiannau
The Committee noted the forward plan of forthcoming trust decisions (Appendix A). It approved and adopted the Conflicts of Interest Policy for Council Trusts (Appendix B). It delegated routine operational trust matters to named officers within the financial limits in the Scheme of Delegations, subject to contract rules and procurement law. Significant decisions stay with the Committee, including changing a trust's governing document or objects, appointing or removing trustees, buying or selling trust assets including land, winding up a trust, and any other significant decision. No delegation applies where there is a significant conflict with the Council's own interests.
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