Agenda and minutes

Appointments Committee - Friday, 2nd August, 2024 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Suite 1,2 & 3, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1HZ. View directions

Contact: Rachel Graves  Tel: 01270 686473 Email:  rachel.graves@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

9.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

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

10.

Declarations of Interest

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.

Minutes:

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

 

Councillor R Fletcher declared that one of the candidates had worked at a predecessor authority, which he had been an elected member of.

11.

Public Speaking Time/Open Session

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.

Minutes:

There were no members of the public in attendance.

12.

Recruitment and Selection for post of Executive Director Children's Services pdf icon PDF 294 KB

To consider the report on the recruitment and selection of a permanent Executive Director of Children’s Services and statutory post holder.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report on the recruitment and selection of a permanent Executive Director of Children’s Services.

 

RESOLVED:  That the Committee

 

1               agree the appointment of a partner agency for the recruitment of the permanent Executive Director Children’s Services.

 

2        delegate to the Chief Executive all necessary recruitment steps to ensure that Cheshire East Council has applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates.

 

13.

Recruitment and Selection for post of Executive Director Place pdf icon PDF 221 KB

To consider the update report on the recuitment and selection arrangements for the post of Executive Director Place and to provide a shortlist of candidates for final assessment.

Minutes:

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

 

The Committee were informed that one of selected longlisted candidates had withdrawn their application and therefore 8 applicants had undertaken the technical assessments. 

 

RESOLVED: 

 

That the Committee note the update on the recruitment and selection process.

 

14.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

The report relating to the remaining item on the agenda has 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.

 

Minutes:

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.

15.

Recruitment and Selection for post of Executive Director Children's Services

To consider the confidential appendix.

Minutes:

The Committee noted the Job Description for the Executive Director Children Services position.

16.

Recruitment and Selection for post of Executive Director Place

To agree a shortlist of candidates for further assessment.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the applicants CVs, supporting letters and technical assessment results before agreeing a short list of applicants for formal interview and further assessment.

17.

Readmittance of the Press and Public

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the press and public be re-admitted to the meeting.

18.

Recruitment and Selection for the post of Executive Director Place

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Committee agree the shortlist of 5 applicants for the post of Executive Director Place for the formal interview and further assessment on 8 August 2024.