Mae datblygiadau diweddar wedi amlygu hynny. Ym mis Mawrth, bu’n rhaid i’r Cyngor bennu cyllideb a chyfradd treth gyngor mewn amgylchiadau ariannol hynod anodd: mae wedi bod yn gyfyng ar y Cyngor ers blynyddoedd lawer ac mae yna lawer llai o gyfleoedd iddo wneud arbedion nag aml i awdurdod lleol arall. Ond fe aeth y Cynghorwyr ati i wynebu’r her honno mewn ffordd wirioneddol aeddfed. Fe wnaethant drafod yn llawn â’r Comisiynwyr wrth lunio cyllideb ddrafft, a’i chymeradwyo bron yn unfrydol yn dilyn trafodaeth resymol a phwrpasol. Byddai hynny wedi bod yn amhosibl ychydig dros flwyddyn yn ôl.
Recent developments have underlined that.  In March, the Council had to set a budget and council tax rate in very difficult financial circumstances: it has operated on a shoestring for many years and has much less scope to make savings than many other local authorities.  Yet Councillors approached that challenge with real maturity.  They engaged fully with the Commissioners in formulating a draft budget and passed it almost unanimously after a sensible and focused debate.  That would have been impossible just over a year ago.