Minutes:
The Returning Officer and Head of Democratic Services
submitted a joint report, which provided a response to the Local Democracy and
Boundary Commission for Wales’ Draft Proposals in relation to their Review of
the Electoral Arrangements for the City and County of Swansea.
The Head of Democratic Services stated that the report had
been considered by the Constitution Working Group on 4 September 2019. That Group recommended that Council approve
the report for submission as part of the consultation period.
The Group also instructed the Head of Democratic Services to
ensure that all Electoral Wards and Community Wards have a Welsh Language or
Bilingual name. The proposed names and
requests for proposed names were outlined in Appendices B and C of the report.
Resolved that:
1)
The response to the Draft Proposals as detailed
in Paragraph 5 of the report be approved and forwarded to the Local Democracy
and Boundary Commission for Wales;
2) The Welsh Language Electoral Ward names as suggested by this Authority and set out in Appendix B of the report be recommended to the Welsh Language Commissioner to be placed on the “Standardisation of Welsh Place Names list”;
3) The Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to reconsider the use of “Dynfant” as the Welsh form of “Dunvant” so that “Dyfnant” becomes the formal standardised name;
4) The Welsh Language Community Ward names as suggested by this Authority and set out in Appendix C of the report be recommended to the Welsh Language Commissioner to be placed on the “Standardisation of Welsh Place Names list”;
5)
The Welsh Language Commissioner be asked to
consider suitable Welsh Language or Bilingual Community Ward names for those
Community Wards as outlined in Appendix
C of the report.
Note: Councillor J W Jones asked that it be noted that whilst be supported
the majority of the report he did not support, the recommendations in relation
to Dunvant and Killay South.