Agenda and draft 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.

There were no declarations of interest declared under the Localism Act 2011.  Some members of the Committee had previously worked with some of the candidates in a professional capacity and this was disclosed where necessary during the discussions.  No members of the Committee had any personal relationship with any of the candidates.

The Committee is 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 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 of the following description:

·       Information relating to any individual

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

Resolved:

That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely that there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs specified in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to that Act.

Report attached

The Committee was asked to consider the applications for the positions of Chief Executive and Director of Legal Services (Monitoring Officer) and to decide which candidates should be shortlisted for the next stage of the recruitment process.  An initial assessment of the calibre of the candidates had been carried out by TileHill and their consultants and their representative advised the Committee on the relative merits of each of the candidates.

In regards to the Chief Executive role, the Committee commented that the pool of candidate applications had not been as “heavy-hitting” as anticipated given the salary range offered but indicated that they were happy to proceed with the short-listing from amongst the applications received. 

It was further noted that, especially for the position of Chief Executive, there had been a lack of diversity amongst the candidates, It was confirmed that the process carried out to attract candidates had been fair and rigorous and no feedback had been given to suggest any particular group had been deterred from applying due to any equalities concerns. TileHill confirmed that they had spoken to a large number of potential candidates and the feedback received seemed to indicate that it may have either been relocation concerns or the current Best Value Notice that had deterred some candidates from applying for the Chief Executive role.

Resolved:

(1)   That the progress of the recruitment campaign for the permanent Chief Executive and Director of Legal Services (Monitoring Officer) be noted;

(2)   That three candidates as set out at the meeting be shortlisted for the next recruitment stage for the position of Chief Executive;

(3)   That three candidates as set out at the meeting be shortlisted for the next recruitment stage for the position of Director of Legal Services (Monitoring Officer).

The meeting closed at 11:11am.

To authorise the Chair of the meeting to agree the accuracy and sign the Minutes as a correct record following circulation to the members of the Committee.

To authorise the Chair of the meeting to agree the accuracy and sign the Minutes as a correct record following circulation to the members of the Committee.