Agenda, decisions and minutes

Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting.

Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Judi Billing and Keith Hoskins.

Having given due notice Councillor Ian Albert advised he would be substituting for Councillor Judi Billing and Councillor Steve Jarvis advised he would be substituting for Councillor Keith Hoskins.

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Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Judi Billing and Keith Hoskins.

Having given due notice Councillor Ian Albert advised he would be substituting for Councillor Billing and Councillor Steve Jarvis advised he would be substituting for Councillor Hoskins.

Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency.

The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.

There was no other business notified.

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There was no other business notified.

Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda.  Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.

(1)       The Chair welcomed those present at the meeting, especially those who had attended to give a presentation;

(2)       The Chair advised that, in accordance with Council Policy, the meeting would be audio recorded;

(3)       The Chair drew attention to the item on the agenda front pages regarding Declarations of Interest and reminded Members that, in line with the Code of Conduct, any Declarations of Interest needed to be declared immediately prior to the item in question.

(4)       The Chair advised that much of the discussion at this meeting would be in private session and that the live stream would be turned off after the meeting had moved in to Part 2 discussions.

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(1)        The Chair advised that, in accordance with Council Policy, the meeting would be audio recorded.

(2)        The Chair drew attention to the item on the agenda front pages regarding Declarations of Interest and reminded Members that, in line with the Code of Conduct, any Declarations of Interest needed to be declared immediately prior to the item in question.

REPORT OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

To provide the Employment Committee with the relevant background information to consider the recruitment to the role of Service Director – Place.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the Employment Committee interview the candidate(s) for the role of Service Director Place.

(2)       That the Employment Committee note the content of the report.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow the Employment Committee to consider the background to the recruitment process.

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The Chair invited the Managing Director, Anthony Roche, to present the report entitled ‘Recruitment to the role of Service Director – Place’, including that:

·       The current Service Director was due to retire on Tuesday 21 September 2021 and therefore recruitment had been undertaken to replace this role.

·       It was recognised that minimal handover would be possible, and mitigations had been put in place to manage this.

·       Interviews had taken place following several applications.

·       The application process included an online application form, a literacy and numeracy test and a personality profile. The personality profile was not scored but was used to understand candidates better and how they would fit into the existing Leadership Team.

·       A number of candidates were shortlisted, who then completed a written test, a presentation and a panel interview by Officers.

·       Details of the two candidates would be provided in Part 2.

Councillor Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg, as Chair, proposed and Councillor Ian Albert seconded and, following a vote, it was:

RESOLVED:

(1)        That the Employment Committee interview the candidate(s) for the role of Service Director Place.

(2)        That the Employment Committee note the content of the report.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow the Employment Committee to consider the background to the recruitment process.

To consider passing the following resolution:

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting on the grounds that the following report will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).

RESOLVED:  That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).

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Councillor Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg, as Chair, proposed and Councillor Ian Albert seconded and, following a vote, it was:

RESOLVED:  That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the said Act (as amended).

REPORT OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

To consider recruitment to the role of Service Director – Place.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the recommendations from the Head of Paid Service set out in the report and the addendum be noted.

(2)  That the Employment Committee delegate to the Head of Paid Service to offer the role of Service Director Place to Candidate 3, subject to satisfactory completion of the notification requirements under the Council Constitution.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow an appointment to the role of Service Director Place.

N.B. This item was considered in restricted session and therefore no audio recording was available.

The Managing Director, Anthony Roche, presented the report entitled ‘Recruitment to the role of Service Director – Place’.

RESOLVED:

(1)   That the recommendations from the Head of Paid Service set out in the report and the addendum be noted.

(2)   That the Employment Committee delegate to the Head of Paid Service to offer the role of Service Director Place to Candidate 3, subject to satisfactory completion of the notification requirements under the Council Constitution.

REASON FOR DECISION: To allow an appointment to the role of Service Director Place.

To receive and approve as a true record of proceedings the minutes of previous meetings of the Employment Committee on:

·                27 February 2020

·                17 March 2020

·                18 June 2020

·                25 August 2020

The Committee requested that the Proper Officer be asked to consider the approval of the minutes of previous meetings.

The Employment Committee returned to the public meeting and confirmed the decision made on Item 6.

The Committee requested that the Proper Officer be asked to consider the approval of the minutes of previous meetings.

The Employment Committee returned to the public meeting and confirmed the decision made on Item 6.