Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors J Clowes and S Corcoran.  Councillors T Dean and N Mannion attended as substitutes.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests, other registerable interests, and non-registerable interests in any item on the agenda.

Councillor S Gardiner declared that he knew of one of the candidates through his professional career.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 29 April 2024.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 April 2024 be approved as a correct record.

In accordance with the Council’s Committee Procedure Rules and Appendix on Public Speaking a total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to put questions to the Committee on any matter relating to this agenda. Each member of the public will be allowed up to two minutes each to speak, and the Chair will have discretion to vary this where they consider it appropriate.

Members of the public wishing to speak are required to provide notice of this at least three clear working days’ in advance of the meeting and should include the question with that notice.

There were no members of the public in attendance.

To consider the update report on the recruitment and selection arrangements for the post of Executive Director Place and to provide a longlist of candidates for further assessment.

The Committee considered the report on the recruitment and selection for the post of Executive Director Place.

RESOLVED:  That the Committee

1               note the recruitment and selection process to date, including the indicative framework for the further assessment and formal interview arrangements for 8 August 2024.

2        delegate responsibility to finalise the assessment and formal interview arrangements to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Chair of the Appointments Committee.

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

To agree a longlist of candidates for further assessment.

The Committee considered the applicants CVs and supporting letters, before agreeing a long list of applicants for the technical assessment stages of the recruitment and selection process.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee agree the longlist of 9 applicants for the post of Executive Director Place for the technical assessment stages of the recruitment and selection process.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee delegate to the Chief Executive the authority to recruit an Interim Executive Director Children’s Services