Agenda and minutes

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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 paragraphs 1 of Part 1, 2 and 3 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 paragraphs 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 legal and democratic and monitoring officer post.

Further to its meeting on 9 March 2021, the committee continued with the interviews for the head of legal and democratic and monitoring officer post.

The committee received presentations and conducted formal interviews, with Mark Stone, Chief Executive, and Adrianna Partridge, Acting Deputy Chief Executive – Transformation and Operations, present, for the head of legal and democratic and monitoring officer post.

The committee agreed an appointment to the head of legal and democratic post and a recommendation to Council on the appointment of a monitoring officer.