Issue - meetings

A report was received and considered seeking the approval of the updated Terms of Reference for the Member Development Group and also presenting the initial draft of the updated Member Training and Development Plan for 2026 – 2030.

It was noted that there would normally be an annual report for member development at this meeting. However, given the situation with Local Government Reorganisation this had been slightly delayed so any related training requirements could be identified.

Proposed changes to the Terms of Reference of the Member Development Group were outlined. The draft training and development plan was presented and comments were sought prior to final consideration. Finally approval was requested for the annual report to come to a later meeting.

A councillor expressed support for the proposed approach and it was important that issues impacting on training requirements were considered carefully. Members concurred and thanked officers for their work in identifying and providing relevant training for councillors.

RESOLVED:

a)    That the updated Terms of Reference for the Member

Development Group be approved, and the Group renamed to be

the ‘Member Training and Development Group’;

b)    That the draft Member Training and Development Plan 2026 – 2030

            be reviewed, and suggested amendments be shared for inclusion

in the final plan, to be presented to the Committee no later than

September 2026; and

c)    That the Member Training and Development Annual Report, including relevant proposals in relation to Local Government Reorganisation be presented to the Committee no later than September2026.