The Head of Democratic Services submitted a report, the purpose of which, was to:

·         Present the Elected Member Role Descriptions for the consideration of the Democratic Services Committee.

·         Request that the Committee propose and agree any amendments that may be required to the Elected Member Role Descriptions

·         Approve the submission of the agreed Member Role Descriptions to Council for approval at its meeting scheduled for 20 December 2017.

He referred to paragraph 4.1 of the report, and that the respective Member Role Descriptions had been developed from the model role descriptions produced by the WLGA and tailored to the requirements of the roles undertaken by Councillors within BCBC. He added that additional role descriptions were developed by the Officers in Bridgend, for the Member Mentor and the LA School Governor. These were all attached at Appendices 1 – 19 inclusive, to the report, whilst Appendix 20 detailed a generic role description for Outside Bodies representatives.

The next section of the report made reference to Individual Portfolio roles, whilst paragraph 4.3 of the report gave information with regard to the requirements of the WLGA Charter for Member Support and Development which outlined that members are supported with role descriptions, as were shown in paragraph 4.3.1 of the report. These would be used also as part of the particular Member’s Personal Development Review (PDR).

In terms of the report’s financial implications, it confirmed that the role descriptions for Elected Members would require translation at an approximate cost of £480, with all activities detailed in the report, being met from existing budget provision.

A Member requested that it may be useful if it was possible to monitor how many members of the public accessed the welsh section of the Council’s website, in relation to the information produced bilingually by the Democratic Services Section.

The Head of Democratic Services advised that he would link in with the Bridgenders team at BCBC regarding this.

RESOLVED:             That the Democratic Services Committee:

(1)  Considered, agreed and accepted all the various Member Role Descriptions as attached at Appendices to the main report.

(2)  Noted the Outside Bodies guidance as shown at Appendix 20 to the report.

 Approved subject to 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 of the report, that the revised role descriptions be submitted to Council for approval on 20 December 2017