Agenda and minutes

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to state:

a)    The item number in which they have an interest;

b)    The nature of the interest, and;

c)    Whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary 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.

No declarations of interest were made, including any related to the perception of possible conflicts of interest.

To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Committee.

The Chair had no announcements to make.

The committee are requested to consider and agree a resolution, having been duly proposed and seconded by Committee members under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the remaining items on the agenda on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure to them of exempt information of the following description:

·       Information relating to any individual.

·       Information which is likely to reveal the identity of any individual.

The Committee resolved to exclude the press and public for the remainder of the meeting on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure to them of exempt information. There were no members of the press or public in attendance to be excluded from the meeting.

To seek the Committee’s formal endorsement of the appointment of an interim Director of Investment and Corporate Services (s.73 Officer).

The Committee considered a report regarding the formal endorsement and appointment of an interim Director of Investment and Corporate Services (Section 73 Officer).

Resolved: To endorse the appointment of Mr Stephen Fitzgerald as Interim Director of Investment and Corporate Services (Section 73 Officer).

To seek the Committee’s formal approval to delegate authority on an urgent staffing matter to the Interim Acting Chief Executive and the Interim Director of Legal and Democratic Service (Monitoring Officer), should the need arise.

The Committee considered a report on an urgent staffing matter.

Resolved: To agree an amended recommendation, the details of which were agreed as exempt information under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and are attached as a confidential annex to these Minutes.