Tenby councillors have agreed to switch from fortnightly meetings to holding discussions once a month.

A report was recently presented to members of the town council by the town clerk, to look at the structure of meetings with a view to reducing the frequency of full council meetings.

At present, the town council hold a full council meeting every two weeks, except in August (for a recess) and December, which usually sees one full meeting, and a finance working party.

The council also has a number of other committees which meet on an ad hoc basis when there are matters to discuss.

It was suggested that a commitment to holding approximately 22 meetings a year was proving detrimental to attracting new people to join the council, as a number of recent resignations cited members not being able to commit the time required as a factor in their decision to stand down. As such, the working party asked the clerk to look at the structure of meetings to see if more of a balance could be created.

Some suggestions from members of the working party for consideration, included - reducing the number of meetings to one a month during the winter months (Nov, Jan, Feb and March); and then increasing to two a month during the busier period from Easter to October (while retaining the August recess).

Following a consideration of options before them, it was recommended that members agree to move to holding a monthly council meeting, usually to be held on the first Tuesday of each month. Councillors agreed to the recommendation at their meeting last week.

Members noted and agreed that if special circumstances arise or urgent matters occur, there are arrangements in place to enable extra meetings to be called.

Currently the town council is still conducting its meetings via the remote Zoom format.