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There were no interests declared, however the Chair announced that City Deal Officers would leave the meeting prior to item 11 “Future Role of the Programme / Portfolio Management Office” being discussed.
Resolved that the Minutes of the Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee held on 27 May 2025 be approved and signed as a correct record.
The Chair explained that there was a correction to the report approved by Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee on 27 May 2025 - minute 8 “Swansea Bay City Deal Portfolio Business Case Update refers. The correction relates to the status table in the Management Case and Executive Summary. The number of projects completed was 6, not 9. Background Info Previous Status # Project/Programme components % of total Value (£bn) Initiated 39 100 £1.373 Planned 39 100 £1.373 Planned (pre-delivery) 14 35.9 £0.403 Delivery (build/dev) 16 41 £0.663 Completion (operation & monitoring) 9 23.1 £0.307 Updated Status # Project/Programme components % of total Value (£bn) Initiated 39 100 £1.373 Planned 39 100 £1.373 Pre-delivery 14 35.9 £0.403 Delivery (inc. procurement/build) 19 48.7 £0.761 Completion (operation/monitoring) 6 15.3 £0.210 The places within the document that have been amended are: • Page xiv, Table vii Programme and Business Case Status: table has been updated to reflect the error in categories to 6 completed not 9 completed in the project status column. • Page 62, section 5. Management Case, Table 5.1 Summary of project status and associated investment: table has been updated to reflect the error in categories to 6 completed not 9 completed in the project components column. Page 78, Section 5. Management Case, 5.12 Portfolio status and key milestones, table 5.10 has been updated to reflect the error in categories to 6 completed not 9 completed in the project status column.
There were no public questions.
Rebecca Llewellin, (Digital Infrastructure – Project Manager, Swansea Bay City Deal) provided a “for information” report to inform Joint Committee of the progress made and status of the Swansea Bay City Deal (SBCD) Digital Infrastructure Programme.
Jonathan Burns (SBCD Portfolio Director) provided a “for information” report to inform Joint Committee of the SBCD Quarterly Monitoring Report for both the SBCD Portfolio and its constituent programmes / projects.
Keith Lloyd (Swansea University) and Clare Henson (Campuses Manager) presented a report which sought endorsement from Joint Committee for a change request to the Campuses project regarding relocation of all the business-facing space at Morriston Hospital (Output IP2) to the new build at Sketty Lane (Output IP1). Resolved that: 1) Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the Change Request as at Appendix A for the relocation of all the business-facing space at Morriston Hospital (Output IP2) to the new build at Sketty Lane (Output IP1).
Stephen To Aldred-Jones (SBCD Regional Finance Manager) presented a report which sought Joint Committee’s approval for the Swansea Bay City Deal (SBCD) Programme’s Pre-Audit Statement of Accounts 2024/25 (Appendix A) for the SBCD. Resolved that: 1) Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approves the pre-audit Statement of Accounts 2024/25 for the Swansea Bay City Deal.
Jonathan Burnes (SBCD Portfolio Director) presented a report which sought approval from Joint Committee on the final version of the Swansea Bay City Deal Portfolio Annual Report April 2024-March 2025 attached at Appendix A. Resolved that: 1) Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee approved the Swansea Bay City Deal Portfolio Annual Report 2024-2025.
Paul Thomas (Assistant Chief Executive, Carmarthenshire Council) and Cheryl Reynolds (Business & Projects Manager, Carmarthenshire Council) presented a report which sought approval from Joint Committee to commission further development of Option 3 (as outlined in Appendix A) the potential reconfiguration and incorporation of the PoMo into the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee (SWWCJC). Resolved that Swansea Bay City Region Joint Committee: 1) Approves and commissions further development of Option 3 (as attached at Appendix A) the potential reconfiguration and incorporation of the PoMo into the South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee (SWWCJC) with a further report to be brought back to the Joint Committee after the conclusion of the work. 2) Approves the proposal that work commences by the constituent councils to seek authority to incorporate the decision-making structures of the SBCD into the SWWCJC. 3) Approves the proposal that the role of Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for the Swansea Bay City Deal is reassigned to an appropriate Senior Officer.
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