Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman for the meeting

Resolved:

To elect Cllr Allison Bucknell as Chairman of the Sub-Committee for the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2017. (copy attached).

Resolved:

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2017.

Councillors are requested to declare any non-pecuniary or pecuniary interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no Chairman’s Announcements.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

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Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution. Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions in writing to the officer named above (acting on behalf of the Director of Resources) no later than 5.00pm on Wednesday 20 March 2019.  Please contact the officer named on the first page of this agenda for further advice. Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent.

Details of any questions received will be circulated to Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

There were no members of the public present.

To consider passing the following resolution:

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Item Number 8 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in  paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

Resolved:

To agree that in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in Item Number 8 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.

A confidential report is attached.

Appendix 3 will be circulated as soon as possible.

The Sub Committee considered a report from Terence Herbert, Corporate Director, with a recommendation to terminate the employment of a Director on the grounds of redundancy.

It was explained that costs for the redundancy and pension strain costs would be met from a corporate budget, the payment in lieu of notice would be met by  the directorate budget.

Resolved:

To approve the termination of the employment of Mrs Laurie Bell on the grounds of redundancy with effect from 31 March 2019, subject to consultation with the Leader and Cabinet members in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.