“Interestingly that report reads: “Subject to the approval of the Executive Board, the Co-operation Protocol will be signed at a formal ceremony in Wrexham by the Mayor of Wrexham on behalf of the Council and a representative of the Portuguese Government.”
So the minutes state the signing should have been undertaken by the Mayor, so the question as to why it was done by the Leader of the Council remains unanswered. If the Mayor was unable to attend then the Deputy Mayor steps in not the Leader of the Council. Would be interesting to know the Mayor’s viewpoint on this.