Agenda and minutes

Special, Staffing and Remuneration Committee
Thursday, 14th July, 2016 12.00 pm

Venue: 5th Floor - River Park House. View directions

Contact: Helen Chapman, Principal Committee Co-ordinator 

Items
No. Item

23.

Apologies for absence and substitutions (if any)

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Sahota, for whom Councillor Strickland was substituting, from Councillor Elliott, for whom Councillor Hare was substituting and from Councillors Arthur and McShane.

24.

Urgent Business

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

 

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

25.

Declarations of interest

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

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

26.

Exclusion of the press and public

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 Act 1972 – paragraph 1; namely information relating to an individual.

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item as it contained exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972, paragraph 1; namely information relating to an individual.

27.

Appointment to the post of Assistant Director - Planning

Report of the Director of Regeneration, Planning and Development to appoint to the post of Assistant Director, Planning. (To follow)

 

 

Please note that, it being a special meeting of the Committee, under the Council’s Constitution, Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 17, no other business shall be considered at the meeting.

Minutes:

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

 

The Committee approved the appointment of Emma Williamson to the post of Assistant Director: Planning and the salary for this post.

 

The meeting closed at 1.15pm.