Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Head of Regulation and Economic Development.

It was resolved –

·        To note and support the progress of the development of a competitive Growth Deal Bid for the region.

·        To support in principle the preferred governance model of a statutory joint-committee model for further development with a full report on a recommended constitution and terms of reference supported by an inter-authority agreement to follow later in the year.

·        To authorise the Leader to act as a member of a Shadow Joint-Committee in the interim period.

·        To grant authority to the Leader as one of the Leaders of the six partner councils represented on the Shadow Joint-Committee to enter into collective first stage negotiations with Governments over the scale and outline content of the Growth Deal Bid, noting that no financial or other commitments will be entered into at this first stage of the negotiations.

·        To delegate authority to the Chief Executive to authorise an initial revenue contribution from 2017/18 expenditure for the detailed development of the Growth Deal Bid up to a maximum of £50,000.

The report of the Chief Executive providing an update on the development of a Growth Bid for North Wales was presented for the Executive’s consideration. The Growth Bid is linked to and derives from the Growth Vision for the Economy of North Wales strategy paper which was adopted by Anglesey’s Executive in February, 2017 and by the Executive Committees of the other five partner councils in the region and other partner organisations at the same time. The report sets out the considerations pertaining to the development of a Growth Bid, the preferred governance model and the resource implications.

The Chief Executive outlined the four phases in the development of the Growth Deal Bid; the governance arrangements have yet to be discussed in detail although a statutory joint- committee model is recommended as the preferred governance model in principle. The development of the North Wales Bid has reached the latter stages of the second phase and aims to reach a Heads of Terms agreement within the current financial year. Each of the six North Wales authorities is being asked to approve a contribution of £50k from their 2017/18 budgets towards the development of the Bid.

It was resolved –

•  To note and support the progress of the development of a competitive Growth Deal Bid for the region.

•  To support in principle the preferred governance model of a statutory joint- committee model for further development with a full report on a recommended constitution and terms of reference supported by an inter-authority agreement to follow later in the year.

•  To authorise the Leader to act as a member of a Shadow Joint-Committee in the interim period.

•  To grant authority to the Leader as one of the Leaders of the six partner councils represented on the Shadow Joint-Committee to enter into collective first stage negotiations with Governments over the scale and outline content of the Growth Deal Bid, noting that no financial or other commitments will be entered into at this first stage of the negotiations.

•  To delegate authority to the Chief Executive to authorise an initial revenue contribution from 2017/18 expenditure for the detailed development of the Growth Deal Bid up to a maximum of £50,000.