6 APPOINTMENT OF CJC's STATUTORY OFFICERS PDF 126 KB
To appoint the following Statutory Officers for
the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee, effective from 14 January 2022 at
least until arrangements are revised in June 2022:
a)
Chief Executive
b)
Chief Finance Officer (‘Section 151 Officer’)
c)
Monitoring Officer and Proper Officer
Decision:
To appoint the
following Statutory Officers for the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee,
effective from 14 January 2022 at least until the arrangements are reviewed in
June 2022:
a) Chief
Executive - Dafydd Gibbard (Gwynedd Council)
b) Chief
Finance Officer ('Section 151 Officer') - Dewi Morgan (Gwynedd Council)
c)
Monitoring Officer and Proper Officer - Iwan Evans (Gwynedd Council).
Minutes:
The report was presented by Dafydd L Edwards (Lead
Officer Joint Committee Project).
DECISION
To appoint the following Statutory Officers for the
North Wales Corporate Joint Committee, effective from 14 January 2022 at least
until the arrangements are reviewed in June 2022:
a) Chief
Executive - Dafydd Gibbard (Gwynedd Council)
b) Chief
Finance Officer ('Section 151 Officer') - Dewi Morgan (Gwynedd Council)
c) Monitoring
Officer and Proper Officer - Iwan Evans (Gwynedd Council).
DISCUSSION
The report was submitted noting that Welsh Government
legislation established the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee and,
consequently, it was noted that the Joint Committee must make appropriate
arrangements at its first meeting. It was explained that amongst the first
appropriate arrangements, the Joint Committee must appoint its Statutory
Officers.
It was explained that the Corporate Joint Committees
(General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 require the CJC to appoint three
statutory officers, comprising a Chief Executive, a Chief Finance Officer and a
Monitoring Officer. It was stated that the Establishment Regulations allow
flexibility regarding how the CJC may employ staff i.e. they may be employed
directly or it may enter into arrangements with constituent authorities. It was
noted that Gwynedd Council already provided the Chief Finance Officer and
Monitoring Officer
for the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, whose functions could transfer to
the Corporate Joint Committee during 2022/23. It was added that Gwynedd Council
also already provided the CJC Project Lead Officer.
It was stressed that in order to enable the Corporate
Joint Committee to proceed, it was recommended that the statutory officers
should be provided by Gwynedd Council for now, while the Corporate Joint
Committee was being established, noting that these temporary arrangements may
be revised thereafter and present a further report on the possible options for
appointment to these roles on a permanent basis.
Observations arising from the discussion
¾ Gwynedd
Council was thanked for taking the role on behalf of the Region.