Agenda and draft minutes

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor David Downes

RESOLVED That Councillor Steve Fritchley be elected Chair for the meeting.

Councillor Steve Fritchley in the Chair

There were no apologies for absence.

Members should declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and Non Statutory Interest as defined by the Members’ Code of Conduct in respect of:

a)  any business on the agenda

b)  any urgent additional items to be considered

c)  any matters arising out of those items

and if appropriate, withdraw from the meeting at the relevant time.

There were no declarations of interest.

To move:-

“That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the stated Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and it is not in the public interest for that to be revealed.”

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor David Downes

RESOLVED that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the stated Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and it is not in the public interest for that to be revealed.

The Governance Officer left the meeting at this point and the Human Resources & Organisational Development Manager minuted the rest of the meeting.

HR will circulate exempt documents to Members following the publication of the agenda.

Members had considered the applications from candidates who had been shortlisted for the post of Assistant Director - Governance and Monitoring Officer (BDC Only).  Two candidates were invited to interview by the Committee.

The Committee welcomed the candidates for interview.  The interviews were undertaken in line with the Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy.

After the questions the candidates were advised that the Committee would be making a decision that day on their eventual recommendation to Council.

The Chair thanked the candidates for attending.

The Committee took advice from officers and deliberated the presentations given and reconsidered all answers to questions asked. They weighed up the strengths of each candidate, which led to their recommendation to Council.

Moved by Councillor Steve Fritchley and seconded by Councillor Duncan McGregor

RECOMMENDED that James Fieldsend be recommended for the post of Assistant Director - Governance and Monitoring Officer (BDC Only) with the final terms and conditions delegated to the Head of Paid Service. 

(Head of Paid Service/Human Resources & Organisational Development Manager)