Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest.

Councillor B Murphy requested that it be noted that he objected to these appointments to new senior posts taking place before the appointment of a substantive Chief Executive had been made and that he was of the opinion that they should be deferred until after that appointment had been made.  He also asked that his concern about the composition of the appointments panel be noted.

The Interim Chief Executive explained that this process was implementing the decision taken at the full Council meeting on 28 February 2013, where Members had made clear their wish to implement the new management structure quickly.

In accordance with Procedure Rules Nos.11 and 35 a total period of 10 minutes is allocated for members of the public to address the Committee on any matter relevant to the work of the Committee.

Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned where there are a number of speakers.

Members of the public wishing to ask a question at the meeting should provide at least three clear working days’ notice in writing and should include the question with that notice. This will enable an informed answer to be given.  It is not required to give notice of the intention to make use of public speaking provision, however, as a matter of courtesy, a period of 24 hours notice is encouraged.

There were no members of the public present.

The reports relating to the remaining items on the agenda have been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matters may be determined with the press and public excluded.

The Committee may decide that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.

RESOLVED:

That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items, pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and the public interest would not be served in publishing this information.

The Committee received a briefing from the Chief Executive on the new management structure and the procedure adopted for the appointments to the posts in the structure before commencing with the interviews.

To interview the candidates for this post

Members interviewed the candidate for the post of Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning.

RESOLVED:

It was a unanimous decision that Lorraine Butcher be appointed as the Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning.

To interview the candidates for this post

Members interviewed the candidate for the post of Director of Children’s Services.

RESOLVED:

It was a unanimous decision that Tony Crane be appointed as the Director of Children’s Services.

To interview the candidates for this post.

Members interviewed the candidate for the post of Director of Adult Social Care and Independent Living.

RESOLVED:

It was a unanimous decision that Brenda Smith be appointed as the Director of Adult Social Care and Independent Living.