TREULIAU CYNGHORWYR - COUNCILLOR'S EXPENSES

Neithiwr cefais gadarnhad gan Uwch Swyddog yn yr Uned Gyfrifon o'r hyn rwyf wedi ei amau ers dipyn. Pan welwch unwaith y flwyddyn rhestr o dreuliau cynghorwyr Gwynedd (gyda llaw gostiodd £1M flwyddyn diwethaf, gan gynnwys lwfansau a ballu hefyd) dim hwn yw'r wir ffigwr o gost Cynghorwyr Gwynedd.

Os dwi yn mynd i Gaerdydd i gyfarfod, ac archebu gwesty gan dalu fy hunan, mae'n dangos ar fy nhreuliau I. ond os dwi yn mynd i Gaerdydd i gyfarfod a gofyn i'r Cyngor archebu gwesty/Ticed Tren/Awyren a ballu ar fy rhan, nid ydyw yn dangos gyferbyn a fy nghostau i felly drethdalwyr Gwynedd mae angen i chi ofyn am y ffigwr gwir faint o gostau mae eich cynrychiolwyr yn ei hawlio. Wn i am un cynghorydd wariodd dros £50 am dacsi ble fuasai ei gar ei hun ddim hyd yn oed wedi costio chwarter hynny.

Mae angen newid y sustem fel fod wir gost cynghorwyr yn cael eu dangos yn lle eu bod yn cuddio tu ol i'r mantais hyn.

Last night I had something confirmed which I have had my doubts for a long time. When you see a list of what your councillor has claimed in expenses in the last year (which cost £1M in 2009/2010 including the allowance), this is not the true cost of your local councillor.

If I go to Cardiff for a meeting and stay in a hotel and pay myself re-claiming the cost from the Council at the end of the month, it will show as a cost for me in the annual statement. Now if I go to cardiff again for a meeting and ask the Council to book me a hotel/Train Ticket/Ieuan Air etc for me, then it will not show in the annual statement as a cost against me, so ratepayers in Gwynedd gom ahead and ask what is the true cost of your councillors. I know about 1 councillor whose taxi bill was over £52 whereby if he/she had taken the car then it would have been a quarter of that.

The recording system needs to change so that the public in Gwynedd knows the actual true cost of their councillors to avoid them using this loophole.