Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Arthur, Councillor Berryman and Councillor Vanier, for whom Councillor Waters was acting as substitute.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda items where they appear. It being a special meeting of the Committee, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Part 4, Section B, paragraph 17, no other business shall be considered at the meeting).

There were no items of urgent business.

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

Item 5 is likely to be the subject of a motion to exclude the press and public from the meeting as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government 1972 – paras 1 & 4; namely information relating to an individual, and information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the Authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office-holders under, the Authority.

RESOLVED

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item as it contained information classified as exempt under paragraphs 1 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972; namely that it contains information relating to any individual and also information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

To follow.

The Committee considered a report on the appointment to the position of Director of Children and Young People’s Services, in accordance with the Local Authorities Standing Orders (England) Regulations 2001 (as amended) and Part 3 Section B of the Council’s Constitution, arising from recommendations of an interview panel which took place prior to the Committee convening.

The Committee approved the recommendation of the interview panel to appoint Jon Abbey to the post of Director of Children and Young People’s Services, and approved the salary for this post.

The meeting closed at 15:50 hrs.