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  • Agenda and decisions

    North Wales Corporate Joint Committee - Friday, 13th June, 2025 2.30 pm

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 197 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 6 MB
    • Printed decisions PDF 165 KB

    Venue: Cyfarfod Rhithiol / Virtual Meeting. View directions

    Contact: Sioned Mai Jones  01286 679665

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    CHAIR

    To appoint a Chair for 2025/26.

    Decision:

    Cllr Mark Pritchard was elected Chair of the Joint Committee for 2025/26.

    2.

    VICE-CHAIR

    To appoint a Vice-chair for 2025/26.

    Decision:

    Cllr Charlie McCoubrey was elected Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee for 2025/26

    3.

    APOLOGIES

    To receive any apologies for absence.

    4.

    DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

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    To receive any declaration of Personal Interest.

    5.

    URGENT BUSINESS

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

    6.

    MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 251 KB

    The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting held 21 March 2025 be signed as a true record.

    7.

    ANNUAL CALENDAR pdf icon PDF 192 KB

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    Iwan Evans, Monitoring Officer to present the report.

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 - CJC Calendar of Meetings 2025-26 , item 7. pdf icon PDF 141 KB

    Decision:

    The draft calendar was approved for the period up to June 2026.

    8.

    CO-OPTION AND VOTING REVIEW pdf icon PDF 215 KB

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    Iwan Evans, Monitoring Officer to present the report.

    Decision:

    Resolved:

           i.         That the Monitoring Officer review the principles of co-option onto the Corporate Joint Committee and its sub committees as set out in the Establishment Regulations (as
    amended) and statutory guidance. 

         ii.         That the review includes consultation with the four Higher and Further Education providers in relation to their membership on the Economic Well-Being sub-committee
    to be reported to a future meeting of the Corporate Joint Committee. 

        iii.         That in relation to the future governance of the Corporate Joint Committee consideration be given to options around creating advisory membership or stakeholder liaison groups with representatives of the Trade Unions, Third Sector, Housing Associations, private sector and health, the terms of which to provide for the exchange of information and collaboration in supporting the decision making of the Corporate Joint Committee.

        iv.         That the review be undertaken in consultation with the Members of the Corporate Joint Committee and Chief Executives of the Constituent Authorities with the intention of presenting a report to the Corporate Joint Committee with a recommendation as to the model for co-option.

     

    9.

    CJC POST TRANSFER IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 196 KB

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    Iwan Evans, Monitoring Officer and David Hole, Implementation Programme Lead to present the report.

    Decision:

    To accept the report which updated Members on post-transfer and development of the project and ongoing progress of the implementation programme to support the continued establishment of the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee (CJC).

     

    10.

    FLINTSHIRE AND WREXHAM INVESTMENT ZONE pdf icon PDF 394 KB

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    Alwen Williams, Interim Chief Executive and Iain Taylor, AMION Consulting to present the report.

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 - Tax Site Maps , item 10. pdf icon PDF 602 KB

    Decision:

    It was agreed:

    ·       Accept the update report

    ·       Review the proposed outline arrangements for the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone Advisory Board and advise on the proposal.

    ·       Review the proposed Delegation and Decision Framework and advise on the proposal.

    ·       Receive a further report with detailed proposals following the Inter Authority Workshop.

    ·       Submit a further report if there is a delay in one of the high-level milestones for year 1

    11.

    NWEAB'S REVENUE AND CAPITAL OUT-TURN POSITION FOR 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 270 KB

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

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 - NWEAB out-turn 2024-25 , item 11. pdf icon PDF 451 KB
    • Appendix 2 - NWEAB reserves 2024-25 , item 11. pdf icon PDF 101 KB
    • Appendix 3 - Revenue position , item 11. pdf icon PDF 441 KB
    • Appendix 4 - Capital position 2024-25 , item 11. pdf icon PDF 450 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the report which provided the final out-turn position of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board (NWEAB) to the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee (CJC) for revenue and capital in 2024/25.

     

    12.

    CJC'S 2024/25 OUT TURN REPORT AND ANNUAL RETURN pdf icon PDF 244 KB

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

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 - CJC accounts 2024-25 , item 12. pdf icon PDF 441 KB
    • Appendix 2- Annual return 2024-25 , item 12. pdf icon PDF 245 KB

    Decision:

    The report, which provided the final position for 2024/25 to the Corporate Joint Committee (CJC) was accepted and the approval of the official Annual Form for 2024/25 was obtained.

     

    13.

    TREASURY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY STATEMENT FOR 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 217 KB

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

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 - CJC Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2025-26 , item 13. pdf icon PDF 142 KB

    Decision:

    To accept the report which provided the Corporate Joint Committee's Treasury Management Strategy Statement for 2025/26.

     

    14.

    PAY POLICY STATEMENT pdf icon PDF 167 KB

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    Eurig Huw Williams, HR Service Manager to present the report.

    Additional documents:

    • Appendix 1 Pay Policy 2025-26 , item 14. pdf icon PDF 200 KB

    Decision:

    To adopt the Pay Policy Statement for the Joint Committee for 2025/26.