Vale Cabinet goes to the community

Published on 17 July 2012

A vow to make local decision-making more transparent and inclusive has led the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Cabinet to take its meetings to the community.

Cabinet currently meets in public at the Civic Offices every fortnight, but these meetings will now be held regularly at other venues.

Leader of the council, Councillor Neil Moore, explained: “When we took power in May, we pledged that we would be a transparent and inclusive administration that would consider the views of local people as part of our decision-making process.

“The Cabinet is responsible for making hundreds of decisions that affect local people and the council. In an effort to be more accessible to our residents we will hold Cabinet meetings in local venues and encourage people to come along and take the opportunity to ask any questions they may have.”

The first community Cabinet meeting will be held at the Barry Town Council offices, next to the Memorial Hall, Gladstone Road, Barry, on 23 July at 6pm. Everyone is welcome and there will be a chance for the audience to question the Cabinet at the end of the meeting. Councillor Moore has confirmed the agenda will include items of particular interest to Barry people.

Future meetings scheduled are: Llantwit Major Town Hall on 15 October, Penarth on 21 January 2013, and a meeting will take place in Cowbridge on 22 April 2013. All the meetings will start at 6pm.

Councillor Moore continued: “We will also continue to meet as usual on alternate Mondays at 2pm at the Civic Offices in Barry. The public is welcome to attend any of these meetings.”

Full details of all Cabinet meetings, including agendas and minutes, are available here.