Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Welcome and introductions Minutes: The Chair welcomed attendees to the meeting and introduced the members of the Joint Committee. |
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Apologies for absence Minutes: There were no apologies for absence. |
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Declarations of interest Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) State the item number in which they have an interest, b) The nature of the interest, c) Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or nonpecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of previous meeting To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the West of England Joint Committee held on 17 December 2021 as a correct record. Minutes: Resolved:
That the minutes of the meeting of the West of England Joint Committee held on 17 December 2021 be confirmed as a correct record subject to the following amendments:
· In respect of Item 9 the wording be amended from “the Chair welcomed the clarification given in this report on the voting arrangements” to “the Chair said that he did not formally note the report”;
· In respect of Items 10 and 14 the voting to be recorded as 4 in favour and one against; |
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Chair's announcements Minutes: There were no Chair’s announcements. |
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Items from the public (questions; statements; petitions) WRITTEN PUBLIC QUESTIONS (written procedure) 1. Any member of the public can submit a maximum of two written questions in advance of this meeting. 2. The deadline for the submission of questions is 5.00 pm, at least 3 clear working days ahead of a meeting. For this meeting, the deadline for questions is 5.00 pm on Monday 24 January. 3. Questions should be addressed to the Chair of the meeting and e-mailed to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk 4. Under the direction of the Chair, wherever possible, written replies to questions will be sent to questioners by the end of the working day prior to the meeting. 5. Please note - under the committee procedures, there is no opportunity for oral supplementary questions to be asked at committee meetings. 6. The written questions and replies will be circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting and published.
PUBLIC STATEMENTS 1. Any member of the public may submit a written statement (or petition) to this meeting. 2. Please note that one statement per individual is permitted. 3. Statements must be submitted in writing and received by the deadline of 12 noon on the working day before the meeting. For this meeting, the deadline for statements is 12 noon on Thursday 27 January. Statements should be emailed to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk 4. Statements will be listed for the meeting in the order of receipt. All statements will be sent to committee members in advance of the meeting and published on the Combined Authority website. 5. Please note: If any member of the public wishes to attend the meeting to orally present their statement, they are asked please to notify the Combined Authority’s Democratic Services team of this at the point when their statement is submitted and by 12 noon on the working day before the meeting at the very latest. Statements to be presented physically at the meeting will be listed in the order of receipt of notification. The total time available for the public session at this meeting is 30 minutes.
All members of the public attending to present statements are requested please to take a Covid-19 lateral flow test 24 hours before the day of the meeting. Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, it may be necessary to limit the number of people who can physically attend the meeting. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair advised that 29 questions had been submitted in advance of this meeting on the following subjects: Q 1 Anthony Domaille – Thornbury High Street Q 2 Chris Holland – Thornbury High Street Q 3 Ashley Smith – Thornbury High Street Q 4 Jane Mitchell – Thornbury High Street Q 5 Ann Probert – Thornbury High Street Q 6 Helen Reeves – Thornbury High Street Q 7 Jeanette Walters – Thornbury High Street Q 8 John Lee – Thornbury High Street Q 9 John Reynolds – Thornbury High Street Q 10 Vivien Reynolds – Thornbury High Street Q 11 Tanisha Dagger – Thornbury High Street Q 12 Colin Wise – Thornbury High Street Q 13 Paul Morrish – Thornbury High Street Q 14 Meg Wise – Thornbury High Street Q 15 Peter Mannion and others – Thornbury High Street Q 16 David Redgewell – Transport – passengers forum Q 17 David Redgewell – Transport – customer service website Q 18 David Walker-Cornes – Thornbury High Street Q 19 Chris Roberts – Thornbury High Street Q 20 Susan Blick – Thornbury High Street Q 21 Jill Cyphus – Thornbury High Street Q 22 Thornbury Town & District Residents Association – Thornbury High Street Q 23 Rob Galpin – Thornbury High Street Q 24 Julia Galpin – Thornbury High Street Q 25 Malcolm Best – Thornbury High Street Q 26 Sheila Watson – Thornbury High Street Q 27 John Nash – Thornbury High Street Q 28 Rob Cyphus – Thornbury High Street Q 29 Julie Roberts – Thornbury High Street
The Chair then confirmed that written replies had been sent to all questioners in advance of the meeting. The questions and replies had been circulated to committee members and were available to view on the Combined Authority website.
The Chair then advised that 69 statements had been received in advance of the meeting. The statements had been circulated to committee members and were available to view on the Combined Authority web site. The statements received were on the following subjects (statements were presented by those in attendance):
Dave Redgewell – Transport Issues Rob Galpin for Thornbury Town and District Residents Association - Thornbury High Street Gil Gilroy – Thornbury High Street John Reynolds – Thornbury High Street Malcolm Best – Thornbury High Street
NB - Rob Galpin made two statements, one on behalf of the Thornbury Town and District Residents Association and one on behalf of himself at the discretion of the Chair. |
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Comments from the Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership Minutes: Richard Bonner, Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership Board commented that the issues identified in the LEP budgets and that these proposals allowed ongoing value and allowed the Authority to continue to go forward. |
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Comments from the Chair of the Combined Authority's Overview & Scrutiny Committee Minutes: The Chair advised that Councillor Winston Duguid, Chair of the Combined Authority’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee had submitted comments on behalf of the committee following on from their meeting held on 24 January 2022. These comments had been circulated in advance of the meeting and were available to view on the Combined Authority web site.
Councillor Duguid presented these comments and stated that he would have a meeting with the LEP Chair to discuss the LEP budget in more detail. |
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Local Enterprise Partnership budget setting report 2022/23 Additional documents: Decision: The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
1. To approve the LEP Budget for 2022/23 as set out in Appendix 1.
2. To approve a 2022/23 contribution of £110k per each West of England Unitary Authority, (to be reviewed for 2023/24 onwards), as match funding to attract the government’s LEP Capacity Funding.
3. To approve a £160k drawdown from the LEP General Reserve to fund the shortfall in 2022/23 LEP operating costs.
4. To note the forecasted LEP revenue outturn for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix 2.
5. To delegate the approval of the reallocation of funds through the Getting Building Fund, (GBF), and Economic Development Fund for schemes within the programme on an overall cost neutral basis, to the Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.
6. To approve the Outline Business Case for Thornbury High Street and allocate £4.577m for the delivery of the scheme from the EDF, pending ongoing discussions about Investment Fund headroom, and where there is urgency to delegate the approval of the Full Business Case to the Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England Chief Executives.
7. To approve the change requests for schemes within the Local Growth and Getting Building Fund programmes as set out in Appendix 3.
8. To approve the change requests for schemes within the Economic Development and Revolving Infrastructure Fund programmes as set out in Appendix 4.
Minutes: The Joint Committee considered a report which sought approval of the Local Enterprise Partnership revenue budget for 2022/23 (agenda item 9).
The Chair stated that he had received a letter from the Thornbury Town and District Residents Association asking whether the vote on that issue could be postponed. The Mayor stated that this would be a matter for the Committee.
Councillor Savage acknowledged the strength of feeling and concerns expressed at the meeting about the Thornbury High Street proposals but stated that this was part of an overall scheme to improve accessibility and linking to other transport schemes and would therefore be supporting the recommendations. The Chair then moved the report recommendations. This motion was seconded by Mayor Rees
The Joint Committee RESOLVED:
1. To approve the LEP Budget for 2022/23 as set out in Appendix 1.
2. To approve a 2022/23 contribution of £110k per each West of England Unitary Authority, (to be reviewed for 2023/24 onwards), as match funding to attract the government’s LEP Capacity Funding.
3. To approve a £160k drawdown from the LEP General Reserve to fund the shortfall in 2022/23 LEP operating costs.
4. To note the forecasted LEP revenue outturn for 2021/22 as set out in Appendix 2.
5. To delegate the approval of the reallocation of funds through the Getting Building Fund, (GBF), and Economic Development Fund for schemes within the programme on an overall cost neutral basis, to the Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executives of the constituent councils.
6. To approve the Outline Business Case for Thornbury High Street and allocate £4.577m for the delivery of the scheme from the EDF, pending ongoing discussions about Investment Fund headroom, and where there is urgency to delegate the approval of the Full Business Case to the Combined Authority Chief Executive in consultation with the West of England Chief Executives.
7. To approve the change requests for schemes within the Local Growth and Getting Building Fund programmes as set out in Appendix 3.
8. To approve the change requests for schemes within the Economic Development and Revolving Infrastructure Fund programmes as set out in Appendix 4.
The Chair then closed the meeting at 4.00 p.m. |