Meetings

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The Council meets every two months. Details of the date, time, and venue for the next meeting, along with the formal Agenda, are published on this website in advance.

​Public Attendance and Participation

Members of the public are welcome to attend Council meetings. In accordance with the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, residents may attend in person at the venue or remotely. Please contact the Clerk in advance so that he can facilitate attendance.

The person presiding over the meeting will provide members of the public in attendance with a reasonable opportunity to make representations about any business to be discussed at the meeting. Please note that this does not allow for participation in the formal debate between councillors. The Council may also resolve to exclude the press and public for specific items of a confidential or sensitive nature.

Agenda for the next meeting:

1. Welcome and apologies for absence
2. Declaration of interest – Code of Conduct
3. Confirmation of the minutes from the previous meeting
4. Clerk’s Report
5. Financial Report
6. To consider and decide whether to apply for external grant funding for physical traffic calming measures in Penmachno to tackle non-compliance with the 20mph speed limit
7. Public footpath 88 (Blaen Cwm – Rhiwbach Terrace) – to discuss necessary maintenance work, including:
   • Cut grass and clear existing overgrowth
   • Opening and clearing of culverts to improve drainage along the path
8. Condition of public footpath 55 – y Waen
9. Wastewater treatment works, Cwm Penmachno – to address the ongoing failure of the Cwm Penmachno works and determine the Council’s next steps in challenging Dŵr Cymru’s delayed 2028 action plan
10. The County Council’s Environment, Roads and Facilities Department and the “Report It” system: to consider ways of raising public awareness of how to report issues directly to Conwy, and to decide on the course of action
11. To address ongoing failures at the local telephone exchange and agree on a community advice strategy to support residents in switching to a digital phone service (Digital Voice) ahead of the complete exchange switch-off in January 2027
12. Frequency of council meetings – to consider a request from Cllr. Wil Edwards to change the frequency of Council meetings from every two months to monthly
13. Location of council meetings – to consider holding Community Council meetings in Cwm Penmachno as well as Penmachno, and to decide on suitable arrangements including multi-location accessibility
14. For information only
15. Items for inclusion on the agenda of the next meeting

Please note that Cyngor Cymuned Bro Machno may audio record or film this meeting. As your image may be included in the recording, by entering the meeting room you consent to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and any audio recordings. Contact the Clerk for remote access to meetings.