Resolved:  That Cllr Fleming be appointed Chairman of the Appointments Committee for 2019/20.

(Cllr Fleming in the Chair)

Resolved: That Cllr Dyball be appointed Vice Chairman of the Appointments Committee for 2019/20.

Any interests not already registered

No additional declarations of interest were made.

In accordance with Section 100B (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman of the Appointments Committee considered whether Agenda Item 6 should be considered as a matter of urgency.  The Chairman declined to accept the Item and requested that an additional meeting of the Appointments Committee be scheduled for on 7 November 2019 at 7.00pm to deal with the matter.

The Chief Executive presented the report which set out a proposed procedure to be followed for the appointment of the Chief Officer People & Places.  Members discussed the procedure to be adopted and agreed with the proposals set out in the report. 

Resolved: That, under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting when considering Appendices B to E of the report, on the grounds that likely disclosure of exempt information was involved as defined by Schedule 12A paragraph 1 (information relating to any individual).

Members considered the candidate information.

Resolved:  That

a)    a Working Group consisting of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, Cllr Maskell and the Chief Executive be appointed to undertake detailed interviews of each candidate and to feedback the outcome of their assessment of the candidates to the Committee;

b)   authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to assess each candidate on their suitability for the role in relation to working effectively with partners and officers and to feedback the outcome of those assessments of the candidates to the Committee; and

c)    the job description, person specification and candidate information as set out in the confidential Appendices B to E, be noted.

The Chairman moved and it was

Resolved: That, under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting when considering agenda item 5 (Minute 5), on the grounds that likely disclosure of exempt information was involved as defined by Schedule 12A paragraph 1 (information relating to any individual).

The Committee received presentations from the candidates and asked questions to assess each candidate’s suitability for the role.

Resolved:  That the contents of the presentations and the responses to questions from each candidate be noted, assessed and used to inform the decision on the appointment of the Chief Officer People & Places.