Agenda and minutes

Appointments Committee - Thursday, 16th January, 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall, Macclesfield, SK10 1EA. View directions

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

Items
No. Item

28.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor M Simon. Councillor T Dean attended as a substitute.

29.

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:

In the interest of openness, the members of the Committee declared that they knew the internal candidates who had applied for the posts.

 

30.

Minutes of Previous Meetings pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 2 August 2024 and 8 August 2024.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the meetings held on 2 August 2024 and 8 August 2024 be approved as a correct record.

31.

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.

32.

Recruitment and Selection for Four Senior Management Posts pdf icon PDF 2 MB

To consider the update report on the recruitment and selection arrangements for senior management posts and to provide a longlist of candidates for further assessment.

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report on the recruitment and selection for four senior management posts.

 

It was reported that the deadline for submission of applications for the position of Director of Public Health had been extended and therefore the Committee would not be undertaking long and short listing at the meeting for this position.

 

With regards to the table in paragraph 25 of the report, it was reported that the dates should be February and not January as stated.

 

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.

 

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

33.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

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.

 

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 this information.

34.

Recruitment and Selection for Four Senior Management Posts

To agree a longlist of candidates for further assessment.

Minutes:

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

35.

Readmittance of the Press and Public

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

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

36.

Recruitment and Selection for Four Senior Management Posts

Minutes:

RESOLVED:   That the Committee

 

1               agree a longlist of 7 candidates for the position of Executive Director Resources (and S151); a longlist of 4 candidates for the position of Governance and Compliance and Monitoring Officer and a longlist of 8 candidates for the position of Assistant Chief Executive for technical assessment stage of the recruitment and selection process.

 

2        note that the closing date for submission of applications for the position of Director Public Health had been extended.