Agenda

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 meeting held on 05 December 2025 be signed as a true record.

Hedd Voughan-Evans, Head of Operations, to present the report.

Dewi Morgan, Head of Finance, and Sian Pugh, Assistant Head of Finance, to present the report.

Dewi Morgan, Head of Finance, and Sian Pugh, Assistant Head of Finance, to present the report.

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

The Chair shall propose that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the discussions on the following items due to the likely disclosure of exempt information defined in Paragraph 14 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972: Information relating to the financial business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

There is an acknowledged public interest in openness in relation to the use of public resources and related financial issues. It is also acknowledged that there are occasions, in order to protect the financial and commercial 5 - 17 18 - 55 interests that matters related to such information need to be discussed without being publicised. The report deals specifically with financial and business matter and related discussions. Publication of such commercially sensitive information could adversely affect the interests of the bodies and the CJC and undermine the confidence of other Growth Deal participants in sharing sensitive information for consideration. This would be contrary to the wider public interest of securing the best overall outcome.

Hedd Vaughan-Evans, Head of Operations, to present the report.

Elliw Hughes, Growth Deal Programme Manager, to present the report.