Agenda and minutes

Special, Staffing and Remuneration Committee
Wednesday, 27th September, 2017 10.45 am

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE. View directions

Contact: Susan John, Principal Committee Co-ordinator

Note: Special

Items
No.	Item
13.	Apologies for absence and substitutions (if any) To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were submitted from Cllr Arthur for whom Cllr Claire Kober was substituting and there were apologies for absence from Councillor Ross for whom Cllr Engert was substituting. There were also apologies from Councillor Liz McShane.
14.	Urgent Business The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items of Urgent Business will be considered under the agenda item 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 new items of urgent business shall be considered.) Minutes: There were no items of urgent business.
15.	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 put forward.
16.	Appointment to the post of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service PDF 187 KB Report of the Interim Director Transformation and Resources to appoint the post of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service. Minutes: The Committee considered the report of the Interim Director Transformation and Resources on the appointment to the position of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service in accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 and Part 4 Section K of the Council’s Constitution, and considered the recommendation of the interview panel which took place prior to the Committee convening. It was unanimously RESOLVED: 1. To recommend the appointment of Zina Etheridge as the Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service to the Full Council meeting on the 4^th of December 2017 to determine. The salary will be in the range of £175,400 to £203,900 as set out in the council’s pay policy statement. 2. That the compilation of the recommended final salary be delegated to the Interim Director Transformation and Resources in consultation with the Leader of the Council and put forward to Full Council for approval and also reported to the next Staffing and Remuneration Committee. 3. That all members of the Cabinet are informed of this Committee’s recommendation to appoint the candidate on the terms set out, and are given the opportunity to object to the appointment. The meeting of the Full Council will be advised whether any material or well-founded objections to the proposed appointment have been made by the Cabinet, before taking a decision on the appointment.
17.	EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC The following item 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, paragraphs 1 and 2, namely information relating to an individual and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual. Minutes: RESOLVED To exclude the press and public from the meeting as discussion concerned exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972, paragraphs 1 and 2, namely information relating to an individual and information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual.
18.	Appointment to the post of Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service To consider exempt information in relation to agenda item 4. Minutes: As per item 16.