Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

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 meeting held on 17 January, 2025 be signed as a true record.

Alwen Williams (CJC Interim Chief Executive), Neal Cockerton (Chief Executive, Flintshire County Council), Alwyn Jones (Interim Chief Executive, Wrexham County Borough Council) and Iain Taylor (Lead Consultant - Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone) to present the report.

To approve the financial allocations proposed in Appendix 1.

To delegate to the CJC’s Interim Chief Executive and S151 Officer, in consultation with the CJC’s Chair and Vice-chair, with Flintshire and Wrexham Councils to agree any minor modifications to the allocations arising from the preparation of the Gateway 4 submission. For the avoidance of doubt, “minor modifications” as those where there is a change of no more than 10% to the funding of any agreed heading, and do not include movement between revenue and capital funding. 

To note the progress made to date and request that the remaining Gateways (4 and 5) are presented for approval, along with a final decision on the Investment Zone proposal at a future meeting, once the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Gateways have been agreed with Welsh and UK Governments.

Alwen Williams, Interim Chief Executive and Iwan Evans, Monitoring Officer to present the report.

To accept the update on the progress made to prepare for the proposed transfer of the Growth Deal, its funding and the PMO into the CJC on 1 April, 2025. 

To submit a further decision report to the next CJC meeting on 21 March, 2025 to provide its formal decision to accept the transfer and enter into the Delivery and Financing agreement for the transfer of the Growth Deal to the CJC.