Agenda, decisions and minutes

Councillor Rob Stewart elected Chair.

Resolved that Councillor R C Stewart be elected Chair of the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee.

Councillor R C Stewart (Chair) Presided

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None.

In accordance with the Code of Conduct, no interests were declared.

To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct

record.

Approved.

Resolved that the Minutes of the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee held on 11 May 2023 be approved and signed as a correct record.

None.

There were no announcements made.

Questions can be submitted in writing to Democratic Services democracy@swansea.gov.uk up until noon on the working day prior to the meeting. Written questions take precedence. Public may attend and ask questions in person if time allows. Questions must relate to items on the open part of the agenda and will be dealt within a 10 minute period.

None.

There were no public questions.

Approved.

Matthew Holder, Swansea Bay City Deal presented a report to consider and approve the findings and actions of the 2022-23 Internal Audit review into the Swansea Bay City Deal (SBCD) Portfolio.

Resolved that the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the findings and actions of the 2022-23 Internal Audit review into the SBCD Portfolio.

Approved.

Jason Blewitt, Audit Wales outlined the plan and scope in respect of the external audit outlined at Appendix A, to be undertaken by Audit Wales of the Swansea Bay City Deal Joint Committee Statement of Accounts 2022/23.

Resolved that the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the proposed plan and scope of the external audit to be undertaken by Audit Wales on the Swansea Bay City Deal Joint Committee Statement of Accounts 2022/23.

For Information.

Samantha Cutlan presented a “For Information” report accompanied by a presentation, to inform Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee of the progress made and the status of the Skills and Talent initiative.

For Information.

Gareth Jones provided a “For Information” report accompanied by a presentation, to inform Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee of the progress made and status of the Swansea Bay City Deal Digital Infrastructure Programme.

For Information.

Jonathan Burnes, Swansea Bay City Deal provided a “For Information” report to inform Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee of the Swansea Bay City Deal Quarterly Monitoring Report for both the Swansea Bay City Deal Portfolio and its constituent programmes / projects.

Approved.

Chris Moore, Section 151 Officer introduced Steven TO Aldred-Jones, who had replaced Richard Arnold as Regional Finance Manager to the Committee.

The Section 151 Officer presented a report to provide Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee with the final outturn position for 2022/23 for the Swansea Bay City Region.

Resolved that the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the final outturn position for 2022/23.

Approved.

Chris Moore, Section 151 Officer presented a report to provide Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee with the Joint Committee Pre-Audit Annual Statement of Accounts 2022/23, outlined at Appendix A for the Swansea Bay City Deal.

Resolved that Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the Pre-Audit Annual Statement of Accounts.

Approved.

Jonathan Burnes on behalf of Heidi Harris, Swansea Bay City Deal presented a report which sought approval from the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee on the final version of the Swansea Bay City Deal Annual Report April 2022-March 2023 outlined at Appendix A.

Resolved that the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the Swansea Bay City Deal Annual Report 2022-2023.