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The Council approved a revised housing allocations policy, a new grants policy, and temporary extra space for Greenfield Special School at the former St Mary's Primary School. It also approved the Youth Service's five-year plan for 2027 to 2032 and received the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board's annual report. Councillors also made a formal request that future reports on the Redhouse be public where possible.
Full Council met on 30 September 2026 to consider reports on staff, council policies and adult social care. Councillors also received six reports for information only, and no minute has yet been published for the Health Visiting Services item.
At its meeting on 15 July 2026, Full Council approved several reports, including the delivery agreement for the second replacement Local Development Plan, a revised corporate governance code, an affordable housing policy, a procurement strategy and a commercialisation strategy. It also approved a phased update on Cyfarthfa Castle, and it deferred the register of officer interests so that workshops could be held. Members also took Additional Learning Needs funding as urgent business.
These included a five-year plan for tourism, new charges for the Lifeline alarm service, the audited 2024/25 accounts and a new records policy. Members kept existing taxi and private hire licence fees rather than raising them, and the Leader agreed to write to Welsh Government about the closure of the Military Preparation College.
The Full Council approved the recommendations in a Chief Executive's report on the Local Growth Fund Wales for 2026-2027. The minute does not set out what those recommendations were. Councillor A Barry declared a personal interest in the item.
Cancelled
A letter will be sent to Welsh Government calling for council tax reform.
Councillors approved six reports at this meeting: the pay policy, taxi and private hire licence fees, the 2026/27 council tax, extra funding for an ICT post, the start of a new local development plan, and a savings policy for children in care. They also carried an amended motion asking the local NHS health board to attend and give an update on specialist palliative care.
Councillors meeting as the full council approved the 2026/27 budget and a 4.95% council tax rise. An amendment to return any future budget surplus to residents as council tax support was not carried.
Full Council approved keeping council tax premiums on long-term empty homes and second homes from April 2026, keeping £427,067.79 of Trecatti landfill profit centrally, a corporate risk policy, a change to the Democratic Services Committee, and the appointment of a new Director of Education. Members also heard a policing presentation, noted reports on AI use and a petition about a house in multiple occupation.
Full Council approved a Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2026/27, which helps low-income households pay Council Tax, and the final report of a community review of Bedlinog and Trelewis Community Council. The review reduces the number of Bedlinog ward councillors from four to three. Councillors also approved a new Events Policy for council land and noted two workforce reports for information.
The full council meeting on 3 December 2025 approved eight reports as recommended and noted one for information. The reports covered council borrowing, the 2026/27 council tax base, the 2024/25 corporate self-assessment, a community council review, a new waste strategy, and consultation with trade unions over jobs funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund, which is ending. Councillors I Thomas and G Preston declared interests on the council tax base and community review items.
Councillors noted the latest assumptions for the 2026/27 budget and approved a timetable for setting it. They deferred the Events Policy to 3 December 2025 after concerns about fees, wording and consultation. They also received the annual report on Social Services for 2024/25.
Full Council considered three items: a new Violence and Aggression at Work Policy, the future management of leisure services, and a Panel Performance Assessment. Councillors approved the policy, approved that leisure services continue to be outsourced, and approved giving the Leader and Chief Executive delegated power over the next steps of the assessment.
At its meeting on 10 September 2025, Full Council agreed to ask the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales to brief councillors on policing in the borough. It also noted the Phase 1 Transformation Programme, approved the terms of reference for a community review of the borough's community arrangements, and received three annual reports for information.
The meeting received apologies from three councillors, and four councillors declared interests but were able to take part. It then resolved to exclude the public from part of the meeting, because the business was likely to disclose exempt information under the Local Government Act 1972. The minutes give no detail of that business.
Full Council met on 9 July 2025 and approved a borough-wide dog fouling Public Spaces Protection Order, which sets rules for public places and allows fixed penalty fines. It also approved a revised Local Resolution Protocol for handling low-level complaints, a Bin Policy, changes to the fly-tipping policy, and extra budget for the Engineering Structure and the Digital Strategy. The Multi-Location Meetings Policy was deferred, so no decision was made on it.
Full Council approved an outline plan to transform how the council works, its audited accounts for 2023/24, and its Welsh Language Annual Monitoring Report. It also approved scrutiny committee appointments, counter fraud policies and extra net budget for Building Control. The Leader was asked to write to the health board about the Acute Stroke Unit, and the Local Resolution Protocol was deferred to the meeting on 9 July.
Full Council approved the appointment of Geraint Morgan as the Council's Monitoring Officer. The Monitoring Officer is a statutory senior officer who checks that the Council's decisions are lawful. The post became vacant after the previous Head of Legal left.
It also cut the number of scrutiny committees from six to five and approved the School Admission Policy for 2026/27.
Cancelled
Full Council met on 5 March 2025 to consider a notice of motion on the Crown Estate in Wales and the council's 2025/26 budget. Council agreed that the Leader should write to the Welsh and UK governments in support of devolving the Crown Estate. It also set a 5.5% council tax rise for 2025/26 and approved several policies and schemes, including the Corporate Fraud Enforcement Policy and the Pay Policy.
Cancelled
Full Council met on 5 February 2025. It approved new contract rules, a change to how the council sets aside money to repay borrowing, the admission arrangements for 2027/28 and a phased plan for Cyfarthfa Castle. It also approved the council's response to the draft Youth Work framework and noted several update reports.
The Full Council met on 8 January 2025. Councillors received a presentation from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, approved a corporate risk policy and strategy, the Corporate Self-Assessment 2023-24, a Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2025-26, and noted the provisional Local Government Settlement and a revised 2025-26 budget deficit of £5.983 million. Item 20 on waste enforcement was deferred.
Merthyr Tydfil's Full Council set the council tax base for 2025/26 and approved new policies on business rate reliefs, public protection enforcement and gambling licensing for 2025-28 at its meeting on 4 December 2024. Councillors also approved the library standards report for 2023/24, gave delegated powers to health and safety inspectors, approved the 2023/24 annual scrutiny report, and formally approved the Chief Executive's hardship actions. They received the apprenticeships report for information only.
Full Council met on 6 November 2024 and considered six reports. Members approved higher council tax charges on long-term empty homes and second homes from April 2025, and approved the deletion of the Deputy Chief Executive post and the appointment of a Section 151 Officer, the senior finance officer. They also noted the treasury outturn report, committee changes and outside body appointments.
Full Council considered four items at its meeting on 2 October 2024 and decided three of them. It approved a children's residential policy and a CCTV fostering policy, and it approved a change to Post 16 transport that limits free travel to some colleges and schools.
Full Council met on 18 September 2024. It appointed Councillor Brent Carter as Leader for the rest of the term and approved changes to the paternity leave policy. Councillors also received two reports on safeguarding and social services, and the item on director pay was withdrawn.
Cancelled