20 May: NRW Public Board meeting

Observing online

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Please be aware that agenda timings can change on the day.

Agenda

Time Item

11:30 (5 mins)

Item 1. Open Meeting

  • Welcome
  • Declaration of Interests
  • Explain conduct of meeting

Sponsor and Presenter: Neil Sachdev (Chair)

Summary: To NOTE any declarations of interest

11:35 (5 mins)

Item 2. Review Minutes and Action Log

  • 2A. Review Minutes from 18th March Public Board Meeting
  • 2B. Review Public Action Log 

Sponsor and Presenter: Neil Sachdev (Chair)

Summary: To APPROVE the minutes of the previous meeting and the Action Log

11:40 (10 mins)

Item 3. Update from the Chair

Sponsor and Presenter: Neil Sachdev (Chair)

Summary: To NOTE the Chair’s update to the Board

11:50 (20 mins)

Item 4. Report from the Chief Executive

Sponsor and Presenter: Ceri Davies, Chief Executive

Summary: To NOTE the current position and update the Board on key activities

Paper ref: 26-05-B01

12:10 (20 mins)

Item 5. Update Report of Committees

Sponsors and Presenters: Committee Chairs

  • Evidence Advisory Committee – 12th May (Verbal)
  • Finance Committee – 6th May (Verbal)
  • Flood Risk Management Committee – 29th April – 26-05-B02
  • Land Estate Committee – 7th May (Verbal)
  • Wales Land Management Forum – 9th March – 26-05-B04
  • Wales Water Management Forum – 12th March – Verbal
  • National Access Forum for Wales – 7th March – 26-05-B05

Summary: To NOTE the updates from the Board Committees and NRW Forums, both within and outside and meetings held

12:30 (15 mins)

Item 6. Finance Performance Report

Sponsor: Rachael Cunningham, Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Services

Presenter: Mark Collins, Business Finance Team 2 Manager

Summary: To APPROVE end of year Finance Performance Report

Paper Ref: 26-05-B03

12:45 (20 mins)

Item 7. Business Plan Performance Dashboard  

Sponsor: Ceri Davies, Chief Executive

Presenters: WBO Leads; Sarah Williams, Head of Corporate Strategy and PMO

Summary: To APPROVE the Q4 Business Plan Performance Report.

Paper ref: 26-05-B06

13:05 (60 mins)

Lunch

14:05 (90 mins)

Item 8. Water Quality (WBO3) Deep dive with place-focused perspective

Sponsor: Lyndsey Rawlinson, Executive Director of Place

Presenter: Sian Williams, Head of North West Wales; Mary Lewis, Head of Natural Resource Management Policy; Becky Favager, Head of Regulation & Permitting; Huwel Manley, Head of South West Wales Operations; Rhian Thomas, Sustainable Water and Nature Manager

Summary: Discussion to include Water Quality, Update on PR24 Implementation, an update on the Green Paper framed around the South West place

Paper Ref: 26-05-B07

15:35 (10 mins)

Item 9. How did we do in this meeting?

Sponsor: Neil Sachdev, Chair

Summary: Review of the meeting

15:45 (5 mins)

Item 10. AOB

15:50 Close public meeting
16:00 (30 mins) Director's session
16:30 (30 mins)

Photographer session

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