Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

To elect a Chair for 2026/27.

Cllr Mark Pritchard was elected Chair of the Joint Committee for 2026/27. ⁠

To elect a Vice-Chair for 2026/27.

Cllr Jason McLellan was elected Vice-chair of the Joint Committee for 2026/27. ⁠

To receive any declaration of Personal Interest.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chair for consideration.

The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meetings held on 20 of March, 2026 be signed as a true record.

Mark Watkins, Interim Head of Legal Services/Monitoring Officer to present the report.

To approve and adopt the draft calendar for 2026/27.

Alwen Williams, Chief Executive to present the report.

It was resolved to defer the decision to get a better understanding from the new Welsh Government about their views in supporting this model of funding the Local Growth Fund.  A report was requested at the next meeting.

Nia Medi Williams, Resources and Operation Manager and Nia Llwyd Lewis, Welsh Language and Translation Service Manager to present the report.

The Welsh Language Standards Annual Report was approved for publication. 

Alwen Williams, Chief Executive to present the report.

Consideration was given to the draft Compliments, Comments and Complaints Policy, and it was approved for adoption.

Eleri Jones, Human Resources Advisory Manager to present the report.

Resolved to:

·        Adopt the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee pay policy statement for 2026/27 (Appendix 1).

·        To authorise officers to publish the approved Pay Policy Statement on the North Wales Ambition website as soon as reasonably practicable following approval. 

Dewi A. Morgan, Head of Finance (CJC’s Statutory Finance Officer) and Sian Pugh, Assistant Head of Finance to present the report.

·        The CJC's out-turn position for 2025/26 was noted and accepted (Appendix 1), including the transfer of £1,067,414 to the reserves to fund future budgets. 

·        The Growth Deal’s out-turn position for 2025/26 was noted and accepted (Appendix 2). Due to the underspend reported, to show a neutral position for the year the use of £60,990 from the reserves which was in the budget was not needed, and an amount of £867,731 would be used from the North Wales Growth Deal grant, which is less than shown in the budget. 

·        The Growth Deal's reserves position was noted and accepted (Appendix 3).

·        To note the Growth Deal’s capital end of year review as of 31 March 2026 (Appendix 4).

·        To note and accept the Investment Zone's out-turn position for 2025/26 (Appendix 5).

·        To note and accept the Regional Skills Partnership’s out-turn position for 2025/26 (Appendix 6).

·        The above was noted and accepted subject to further reports to provide further information regarding: 

1.      The CJC's staff over the past three years and the plans in moving forward, 

2.      providing an analysis of the underspend and the use of reserves over the next few years together with the required percentage of reserves.

3.      Any financial obligations of delaying the levy for 2027-28.

Dewi A. Morgan, Head of Finance (CJC’s Statutory Finance Officer) and Delyth Jones- Thomas, Investment Manager to present the report.

To accept the report for 2025/26.