Vale of Glamorgan Council
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Civic Offices in BarryThe Vale of Glamorgan Council

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has 54 elected members or Councillors, each representing an electoral division, or ward.

 

The Council is led by the Leader and Cabinet, a body of eight Councillors that makes key decisions about policy and budget.

 

The Council's Chief Officers are divided into Directors, Heads of Service and Operational Managers. As service managers they make recommendations to, and are held accountable by the Cabinet.

 

  • Rob Thomas, Chief Executive
  • Vacant, Director of Environment and Housing (currently recruiting)
  • Lance Carver, Director of Social Services
  • Elizabeth Jones, Director of Learning and Skills
  • Tom Bowring, Director of Corporate Resources
  • Marcus Goldsworthy, Director of Place

 

Council-chamber

Have Your Say

The public can participate in various Council and Committee meetings held by the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

  • Public Questions at Council Meetings
  • Public Speaking at Planning Committee
  • Public Speaking at Public Rights of Way Sub-Committee
  • Speak at a Scrutiny Committee: Corporate Performance and Resources, Environment and Regeneration, Homes and Safe Communities, Learning and Culture or Healthy Living and Social Care.

 

Public Participation at Council Meetings

 

 

Council Committees 

Committees / Sub-Committees / Panels

  • Joint Consultative Forum (7 members) 

    Chair: Councillor S. Campbell;

    Councillors: Janice Charles, Marianne Cowpe, Pamela Drake, Sandra Perkes, Neil Thomas and Nicholas Wood

     

     

  • Appointment of Local Authority Governors Advisory Panel (6 members - to be chaired by the Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration) 

    Chair: Cabinet Member (Education, Arts and the Welsh Language) Councillor Rhiannon Birch;

    Councillors:  Anne Asbrey, Samantha Campbell, William Hennessy, Naomi Marshallsea and Margaret Wilkinson

 

 

Other Bodies (including Joint Bodies)

  • Glamorgan Heritage Coast Advisory Group (7 members)

    Chair: Councillor Carys Stallard;

    Vice-Chair: Councillor Emma Goodjohn;

    Councillors: Anthony Ernest, Robert Fisher, Christopher Franks, Sally Hanks and Julie Lynch-Wilson

     

     

  • Equalities Consultative Forum (6 members - to be chaired by the Cabinet Member for Community Engagement, Equalities and Regulatory Services)

    Chair: Cabinet Member (Community Engagement, Equalities and Regulatory Services) Councillor Ruba Sivagnanam;

    Councillors: Lis Burnett, Millie Collins, Emma Goodjohn, Stephen Haines, Ian Perry

     

     

  • Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Joint Committee (1 Member)

    The revised Governance Model for the Consortium included a streamlined Joint Committee, which consisted of a reduced number of Leaders or nominated representatives.  Each constituent Local Authority appointed one Member, which (according to the National Model) should be the Leader or nominated representative.

     

    Representative - Cabinet Member for Education, Arts and the Welsh Language

  • Local Authority Trading Company "The Big Fresh Catering Company" 
    The Director of Corporate Resources and the Executive Leader and Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources who will represent the Council as the shareholder of the company and who will be advised by a Shareholder Advisory Panel, consisting of Council Officers.