Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair for the meeting.

It was proposed by Cllr J Haynes seconded by Cllr B Wilson

Decision

That Cllr N Ireland be elected the Chair for the meeting.

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interests as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct. In making their decision councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.

To consider a report of the Recruitment and Attraction Lead.

The Staffing Committee received a report setting out the recruitment campaign and process for the appointment of Executive Director of Modernisation & Customer Delivery.

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

There were no urgent matters to discuss at the meeting.

To consider passing the following recommendation:  

Recommendation  

That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in item(s) No 6  because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) 1 & 3 of Part 1 of schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.  

The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered. (Any live streaming will end at this juncture).  

Reason for taking the item in private

Paragraph 1 - Information relating to any individual.  

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

It was proposed by Cllr N Ireland and seconded by Cllr A Parry

Decision

That the press and the public be excluded for the following item(s) in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

To make the appointment of the Executive Director of Modernisation & Customer Delivery.

The Staffing Committee interviewed three shortlisted candidates for the post. Each candidate participated in a question-and-answer session. The committee members independently assessed and scored each candidate’s performance.

Following the interviews, the committee received feedback from the stakeholder panel meetings in respect of each candidate. The stakeholder panels included a senior leadership team (SLT) panel, a senior manager panel and an employee panel. Having considered the interview scores, stakeholder feedback and following deliberations the committee reached a decision. 

It was proposed by Cllr N Ireland and unanimously agreed that:

Decision

(a)           That Lucie Laker be appointed to the position of Executive Director of Modernisation & Customer Delivery, subject to the Chief Executive receiving satisfactory clarification on a small number of outstanding matters.

(b)           That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to finalise terms and conditions of employment.