Agenda and decisions

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To consider and approve the minutes from the meeting of the West of England Joint Committee held on 8 April 2022.

To receive announcements from the Chair of the West of England Joint Committee.

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To be presented by the Chair of the West of England LEP.

To be presented by the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

This report represents the revenue outturn for the West of England Joint Committee for the financial year 2021/22 based on data for the period April 2021 to March 2022. The report covers the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Invest Bristol and Bath (IBB) revenue budgets. Change request approvals are also included as part of this reporting process.

The Joint Committee RESOLVED:

1) To note the Revised Analysis of LEP External Grants as at the end of March 2022 as set out in Figure 1;

2) To note the LEP revenue outturn as set out in Appendix 1;

3) To approve the Full Business Case for the Thornbury High Street project and the award of £4.557m through the Economic Development Fund.

4) To approve the change requests for schemes in the Local Growth and Getting Building Fund programme as set out in Appendix 2;

5) To approve the change requests for schemes in the Economic Development and Revolving Infrastructure Fund programmes as set out in Appendix 3.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee having called in the decision of the Joint Committee of the 8 April 2022 resolved on 3 May 2022 that the Joint Committee be asked to reconsider the decision taken. The Overview and Scrutiny Committee reasons and further recommendations that they feel the Joint Committee as decision-taking committee should take into account in reviewing their decision are attached.

The matter is to be re-considered by the committee in order that the committee can consider their final decision on the matter.  An amended report has been tabled by the Unitary Authorities for their consideration.

That final decision cannot be “called-in.”

This item was deferred to a future meeting