Agenda, decisions and minutes

It was noted that apologies for absence had been received from Mayor Marvin Rees and that Cllr Cheney was attending as a substitute for Mayor Rees.

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) State the item number in which they have an interest, b) The nature of the interest, c) Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or nonpecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

There were no declarations of interest.

Please note: public items (questions and statements) at Extraordinary meetings must be about the specific business on the agenda for the meeting.  As the substantive business for this meeting is exempt (i.e. non-public), the usual public forum rules in effect do not apply for this particular meeting.

It was noted that no questions or statements had been received from members of the public in connection with this meeting.

It was also noted that a statement submitted by Cllr Geoff Gollop as Chair of the West of England Combined Authority Audit Committee would be received by the committee in exempt (non-public) session.

The committee is asked to pass the following resolution:

That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in category 1 (Information relating to any individual) and category 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person, including the authority holding that information) of part 1 of schedule 12A of the Act.

The Combined Authority Committee RESOLVED:

That under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in category 1 (Information relating to any individual) and category 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person, including the authority holding that information) of part 1 of schedule 12A of the Act.

Cllr Geoff Gollop presented a statement. The statement had been circulated to committee members in advance of the meeting.

The Combined Authority Committee resolved:

1. To begin the recruitment process of the S73 Officer and the Monitoring Officer, advertising the roles on a ‘like for like’ basis, , i.e. a Director of Investment and Corporate Services and a Director of Legal.

2. Shortlisting of candidates for the Employment and Appointments Committee to be undertaken by the WECA Chief Executive with a panel which includes:

(a) a Unitary Authority Chief Executive with a finance background - for the finance post.

(b) a Monitoring Officer and a Chief Executive from the Unitary Authorities -for the Monitoring Officer post.

3. The appointment of these officers to be made by an extraordinary meeting of the Employment and Appointments Committee, as soon as possible.

The Combined Authority Committee considered an exempt report setting out proposals for the recruitment of certain senior officer roles at the Combined Authority (agenda item 5).

The Combined Authority Committee resolved:

1. To begin the recruitment process of the S73 Officer and the Monitoring Officer, advertising the roles on a ‘like for like’ basis i.e. a Director of Investment and Corporate Services and a Director of Legal.

2. Shortlisting of candidates for the Employment and Appointments Committee to be undertaken by the WECA Chief Executive with a panel which includes: (a) a Unitary Authority Chief Executive with a finance background - for the finance post. (b) a Monitoring Officer and a Chief Executive from the Unitary Authorities - for the Monitoring Officer post.

3. The appointment of these officers to be made by an extraordinary meeting of the Employment and Appointments Committee, as soon as possible.

The recommendation as set out in the exempt report was approved.

The Combined Authority Committee considered a report on a staffing authorisation matter (agenda item 6).

The recommendation as set out in the exempt report was approved