Board to monitor council meetings.

A BOARD set up to monitor Anglesey council after a damning inspection report is to sit in on council meetings to check on the behaviour of members.

The Recovery Board was put in place after the Assembly Government intervened in the running of the council.

This followed a critical Wales Audit report that attacked the governance of the council.

Board members will now personally attend full council and committee meetings to "derive first-hand evidence of member behaviour".

They will particularly focus on the planning committee, which has been singled out in recent years for criticism.

In its first meeting members voiced concerns that even after the damning report there had been further walkouts from council committees and complaints to the Ombudsman for "seemingly minor reasons".

They also announced they planned to invite every group leader in the council to discuss their views of the issues facing the council and will ask the Welsh Local Government Association to provide support and training for members.