Agenda and minutes

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.

None.

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee meetings held on 29 and 30 January 2018.

RESOLVED: to adopt and agree that the chairman sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee’s meetings held on 29 and 30 January 2018.

To consider the report of the head of corporate services attached.

The committee received and noted the report of the head of corporate services which set out the recruitment process and financial implications for the head of community services post. Appended to the report is the head of community services job description.

Purpose: to consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

(i) it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

(ii) the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED: to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

i.      it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

ii.     the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

To conduct interviews and make an appointment to the head of community services post.

The committee received presentations and conducted formal interviews, with Mark Stone, Chief Executive, present, for the head of community services post.

The committee agreed, in accordance with committee procedure rule 15, to extend the duration of the meeting until the completion of the scheduled interviews and a decision on the appointment.