Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors C Browne and S Gardiner.  Councillors M Gorman and C O’Leary 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.

No declarations of interest were made.

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 agree the process for the recruitment of interim and permanent Executive Directors and Directors of Service.

The Committee considered the report on the recruitment of interim and permanent Executive Directors and Directors of Service.

RESOLVED: That the Committee:

1               delegate to the Chief Executive the authority to recruit an Interim Executive Director in consultation with the Chair of the Appointments Committee, the Leader of the Council, the Deputy Leader of the Council and a member of the main opposition group.

2               agree the appointment of a recruitment partner for the recruitment of permanent roles of any Executive Director, and subsequently other vacant director or equivalent roles.

3               note the Chief Executive will revise the current senior management structure.  Any new role evaluated in accordance with the current pay policy statement that exceeds £100,000 must be made by way of Corporate Policy Committee recommendation to Council.

4               note the Chief Executive will commence the expeditious recruitment to the director posts following evaluation.

5               Agree the indicative timetable for permanent recruitment of any Executive Director and the Chief Finance Officer.