Minutes for Employment Procedure Committee meeting, Dec 10 2009, 9.30AM official page

RESOLVED:  

That Councillor Robertson be appointed Chair for this meeting of the Committee.

No apologies for absence were received.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were received.

Minutes of the meeting held on 3 December 2009

RESOLVED:  

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 December 2009 be confirmed as a correct record.

To consider passing the following resolution:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

RESOLVED:  

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public 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 paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the press and public.

The Committee will interview candidates for the post of Strategic Director – Communities.

Please note any appointment to the post will be subject to the consideration of any material or well founded objection to the appointment by a member of the Cabinet.

Further to Minute No. 30 of the meeting held on 3 December 2009, the Committee interviewed four candidates for the post of Strategic Director – Communities.

RESOLVED: That

(1)      approval in principle, be given to the appointment of Bill Milburn, Environmental Protection Director (Acting Transformation Director), to the post of Strategic Director - Communities;

(2)      further to the above, the Chief Executive and the Personnel Director be authorised to invite expressions of interest from a ‘ringfence’ of Assistant Directors for the Service Director post in question, and those Officers be further authorised to shortlist and interview suitable applicants for appointment;

(3)      at the conclusion of the above process, a further report be submitted to this Committee for final decisions subject to no Cabinet Member having a material or well founded objection to any recommendations.