WREXHAM Council is set to start holding meetings again for the first time in  more than two months.

The local authority suspended committee meetings indefinitely in late March when the coronavirus lockdown measures were first introduced.

The Welsh Government recently introduced new guidance last month to allow councillors to attend gatherings remotely using technology.

The council has now announced it will start holding meetings through the video conferencing platform Zoom.

A spokesperson said: “As far as practicalities and the technology allows, we’ll be aiming to run these meetings in the normal way – including how the meetings are chaired, questions taken and so on.

“We won’t live-stream to begin with, but to aid transparency, we’ll invite local media to observe online.

“We’ll then post a public recording online as soon as we can afterwards.

“This is going to be a massive learning curve for us, and these initial meetings will help us find our feet so we’re eventually able to live-stream the proceedings.”

They added: “Like all councils, we’re having to quickly get to grips with new technology and new ways of doing things.

“But we think this approach will give us a way to allow key debates and decisions to take place, while keeping everyone safe.”

The first of three virtual meetings scheduled to be held will be next Thursday’s (MAY 28, 2020) audit committee.