Agenda and minutes

To elect a chair of the committee for the 2022/23 municipal year.

Councillor Debby Hallett was elected Chair of the committee for the 2022/23 municipal year.

To elect a vice-chair of the committee for the 2022/23 municipal year.

Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers was elected Vice-Chair of the committee for the 2022/23 municipal year.

An apology for absence was submitted on behalf of Councillor Elaine Ware.

The committee is invited to adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee’s meetings held on 31 March and 1 and 21 April 2022.

RESOLVED: to adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the committee’s meetings held on 31 March and 1 and 21 April 2022.

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and any conflicts of interest in respect of the item on the agenda for this meeting.  

None.

To consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Part 1 of Schedule 12A 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 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 and 100I 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 is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined

     in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A, and

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

The committee is invited to review the formal performance and development review, which has been undertaken by the leaders, and review the objectives and targets set by the leaders for the chief executive.

The committee considered the performance and development review of Mark Stone, Chief Executive that had been undertaken by the Leaders of South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils.  The committee reviewed and supported the performance review form completed by the chief executive and the Leaders, which included the objectives for the next 12 months set by the Leaders, noting that some may be adjusted through the year to reflect the national and local context.