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The decisions as the council's minutes record them. A plain-language summary follows once it has been written.
AGREED to: · note the financial position as at 31st March 2022 and the balance of the Joint Committee’s reserve as shown in Appendix II; · approve the Annual Return for the year ended 31 March 2022; · authorise the Chairperson to sign the Annual return.
1.1 The MO&ACLO stated that the Joint Committee were required to elect a Chair and Vice-Chair in order for the meeting to proceed. The following appointments were made:- · Councillor John Morgan, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council – Chair. · Councillor David Williams, Torfaen County Borough Council – Vice-Chair. 1.2 Councillor Morgan thanked the Joint Committee for the nomination and stated that he was looking forward to working with them for the forthcoming year. He also advised the that unfortunately he would need to leave the meeting shortly due to a personal prior engagement. 1.3 The Joint Committee AGREED to move on to agenda item 6 due to the statutory deadlines involved, as there were was a possibility that the meeting would no longer be quorate when Councillor Morgan left.
2.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Carol Andrews and Julian Simmonds, Caerphilly County Borough Council; and Fay Bromfield, Monmouthshire County Council.
3.1 Councillor Peter Strong declared a personal, non-prejudicial interest as Secretary of the Gwent County History Society. 3.2 No other declarations were made.
4.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 11 March 2022 were agreed as a true and accurate record.
5.1 The CA presented her report highlighting key points and during, Councillor Morgan left the meeting. 5.2 The MO&ACLO confirmed that the meeting was no longer quorate, and advised that the meeting should cease as the Joint Committee were no longer able to make decisions. At that point, the meeting ended and the item was deferred, together with items 7, 8 and 9.
Decision as recorded
AGREED to: · note the financial position as at 31st March 2022 and the balance of the Joint Committee’s reserve as shown in Appendix II; · approve the Annual Return for the year ended 31 March 2022; · authorise the Chairperson to sign the Annual return.
6.1 The LFO presented her report and following, responded to a question by saying that the utilities budget for gas and electricity had increase slightly due to the rise in prices, but was something that they needed to keep an eye on going forward as they didn’t expect such a big jump during the budgeting process. It would continue to be monitored. 6.2 There were no further comments or questions. 6.3 The Joint Committee AGREED to: · note the financial position as at 31st March 2022 and the balance of the Joint Committee’s reserve as shown in Appendix II; · approve the Annual Return for the year ended 31 March 2022; · authorise the Chairperson to sign the Annual return.
7.1 The item was deferred.
8.1 The item was deferred.
9.1 The item was deferred. 9.2 The meeting ended at 10.23am.
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