Issue - meetings

Alwen Williams (CJC Interim Chief Executive) and Iwan Evans (Monitoring Officer) to present the report.

To approve the proposed Terms of Reference in appendix 1 of the report for the Economic Well-being Sub-committee. 

To approve the commissioning of the Legal, Democratic, Finance, IT, HR, Learning and Development, Health and Safety, and Translation services by way of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Cyngor Gwynedd within the approved budgets. 

To agree to delegate authority to the CJC's Interim Chief Executive and in accordance with this report, and in consultation with the Chair and Vice-chair, to agree and conclude a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the services in 2.2 above with Cyngor Gwynedd. 

The report was submitted by Alwen Williams, Interim Chief Executive of the CJC and Iwan Evans, Monitoring Officer.

RESOLVED:

To approve the proposed Terms of Reference in appendix 1 of the report for the Economic Well-being Sub-committee. 

To approve the commissioning of the Legal, Democratic, Finance, IT, HR, Learning and Development, Health and Safety, and Translation services by way of a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with Cyngor Gwynedd within the approved budgets. 

To agree to delegate authority to the CJC's Interim Chief Executive and in accordance with this report, and in consultation with the Chair and Vice-chair, to agree and conclude a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the services in 2.2 above with Cyngor Gwynedd.

DISCUSSION

A summary of the report proposing the draft Terms of Reference for the Economic Wellbeing Sub-Committee of the Corporate Joint Committee, which can be found in Appendix 1 of the report, was submitted. It was explained that the Terms of Reference were particularly focused on the Growth Deal and its proposed transfer to the CJC on 1 April, 2025.. ⁠

The proposed Governance Model for the Economic Well-being Sub-Committee as found in Appendix 2 of the report, was outlined. It was noted that the Terms of Reference would evolve as an understanding and agreement emerged as to what the definition of economic well-being was at regional level and therefore what the wider responsibilities of the Corporate Joint Committee were in this area. It was noted that the initial focus on the Growth Deal would allow the Scheme to be transferred into a governance Structure within the Corporate Joint Committee.

The decision sought was elaborated by clarifying there would be a further report under item 12 of the Agenda on the draft budget in reference to part 2.2 of the decision which mentioned the Service Level Agreement with Cyngor Gwynedd. Attention was drawn to part 4.6 of the report which provided greater detail on the resources that would be provided to deliver the SLA and there was an intention to commission this arrangement for an initial period of three years.

To close, it was confirmed that the SLA requirements would be funded within the Support Services budgets and it was hoped that they would be approved today under the Budget item.

The Chair thanked the Interim Chief Executive of the CJC for the report. He suggested adding the clause "and in consultation with the Chair and Vice-chair" to the third paragraph of the decision sought. Members expressed support for this amendment and expressed a view that it was a sensible amendment.

A comment was made that it was good to see the arrangements formalised and the appropriate resources in place and that the Joint Committee was aware of the expectation. The members acknowledged the work done by Cyngor Gwynedd officers and thanked them.