7 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS PDF 177 KB
Dafydd
L Edwards, CJC Project Lead Officer, and Iwan Evans, the CJC’s Monitoring Officer to
present report on Constitutional Matters.
Decision:
1.
To establish a
Strategic Planning Sub-Committee and a Strategic Transport Sub-Committee, and
to approve the membership and voting rights as follows –
i)
The Strategic
Planning Sub-Committee with 7 voting members, one from each of the constituent
authorities (6 Councils and SNPA).
ii)
The Strategic
Transport Sub-Committee with 6 voting members, one from each of the 6 Councils.
iii)
Membership of
the Strategic Planning Sub-Committee to be comprised of the relevant Cabinet
member from each constituent Council who holds the portfolio for Planning
Policy, and the SNPA representative.
iv)
That the
membership of the Strategic Transport Sub-Committee to be comprised of the
relevant Cabinet member from each constituent Council who holds the portfolio
for Transport Policy.
2. To
confirm 22 July as the next CJC meeting date, and to confirm that all CJC
meetings shall be held as virtually for the time being.
Minutes:
The report
was presented by Dafydd L Edwards (Lead Officer Joint Committee Project).
DECISION
DISCUSSION
The report
was submitted, noting the decision namely to establish two sub-committee for
Strategic Planning and Transport, and to request a further report on the Terms
of Reference and Standing Orders of the Sub-committees to the next meeting. It
was also noted that the Standards and Governance and Audit Sub-committees be
deferred until such time as confirmation of the statutory requirements has been
received.
It was
explained that the picture in terms of the structure of the Sub-committees has
remained the same since the standard report submitted to the six Councils and
the Park in December 2021. It was outlined that the structure was a matter for
the future and that at this meeting, the Joint Committee only needed to decide
on establishing two of the sub-committees. It was noted that, in doing so, the
Joint Committee set a framework for delivering its initial duties.
The
Monitoring Officer added that this was the first time for the Joint Committee
to agree on the framework for sub-committee together with the membership.
It was
explained that the position of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board was an
item to be discussed in the autumn.
Observations
arising from the discussion
¾
Members
gave thanks for the work and the proposal made was supported.
¾
Support
was expressed for the meetings to continue as virtual for the time being.