Agenda and decisions

To appoint a Chair for 2024/25.

To elect Councillor Mark Pritchard as Chair for 2024/25.

To appoint a Vice-chair for 2024/25.

To elect Councillor Charlie McCoubrey as Vice-Chair for 2024/25.

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declarations of personal interest.

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

To review the Terms of Reference for the Economic Well-being Sub-Committee.

To adopt the Terms of Reference

To consider the co-option of a member representative from Eryri National Park Authority to be appointed onto the sub-committee.

To postpone the discussion and decision on this matter until the next Meeting.

To consider the Forward Work Plan for the Economic Well-being Sub-Committee.

To agree on the Forward Work Programme

To confirm that the Chair may amend the Plan to consider variations in scheduling work subject to the Plan being brought to the following meeting of the Sub-Committee for agreement.

To present the nomination for the new Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Growth Deal.

1.     That the Sub-Committee appoints Dylan Williams (Chief Executive of the Isle of Anglesey County Council) as the new Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Growth Deal.

2.     That the Sub-Committee agrees to review the arrangements in 12 months' time.

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 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 Councils 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.

Alwen Williams (CJC Interim Chief Executive / Portfolio Director) and Hedd Vaughan-Evans (Head of Operations) to present the report.

That the Sub-Committee agrees to the project-specific recommendations, as set out in section 5 and Appendix 1 of this report following the completion of the portfolio review.

To approve the establishment of a Reserve List as set out in section 7 and Appendix 2 of this report, together with the criteria and timetable for the Expression of Interest (EOI) process to appoint projects to the reserve list. 

To add an alternative scheme for Trawsfynydd to the formal Reserve List of the Growth Deal.

That the Sub-Committee asks the Office of Portfolio Management (PMO) to agree to a streamlined assurance and approval process with the Welsh and UK Governments to enable decisions on new projects to be made in an effective and efficient manner.

Stuart Whitfield (Digital Programme Manager) and Kirrie Roberts (Digital Connectivity Project Manager) to present the report.

That the Economic Well-being Sub-Committee approves the Full Business Case for the 4G+ (Connected Key Sites and Corridors) project stating that the initial phase of grant scheme design after approval of the Full Business Case will require a final subsidy management assessment of the proposed Subsidy Scheme.

That the Economic Well-being Sub-Committee delegates the right to the Portfolio Director, in consultation with the Chair, the Vice Chair, the Section 151 Officer and the Monitoring Officer to agree on the final design of the grant scheme. 

That the Economic Wellbeing Sub-Committee delegates the submission of the project to the Portfolio Director including subsequent individual grant awards in accordance with the final grant scheme up to £500,000.