Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman for the meeting

Resolved:

To elect Cllr Philip Whitehead as Chairman for the meeting.

Councillor Whitehead in the Chair

There were no apologies for absence.

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

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

There were no Chairman’s announcements made at the meeting.

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 on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Thursday 12 December 2019 in order to be guaranteed of a written response. In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on Monday 16 December 2019. Please contact the officer named on the front 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 Numbers 7 & 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 Minute Nos. 15 & 16 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 by the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development is attached.

The Sub Committee considered a confidential report from the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development with a recommendation to terminate the employment of the Executive Director, Adult Care, Public Health & Digital on the grounds of redundancy following a restructure of the senior management structure at tier 1.

Resolved:

To terminate the employment of Dr Carlton Brand, Executive Director, Adult Care, Public Health & Digital on the grounds of redundancy with effect from 10 January 2020, subject to consultation with the Leader and Cabinet members in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.

A confidential report by the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development will be circulated.

Consideration was given to a confidential report by the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development which sought an extension to the deferred redundancy of Ms Tracy Carter from 31 March 2020 to 31 May 2020.

It was explained that the deferred redundancy was to enable Ms Carter to take steps to complete the waste transition programme and to resolve contract issues. In addition Ms Carter was developing proposals to embed the carbon reduction work within the wider organisation and an extension to the redundancy date should provide sufficient time for a seamless transfer of responsibilities to another officer.

Resolved:

To approve a two month extension to the termination of employment of Ms Tracy Carter on the grounds of redundancy with effect from 31 May 2020, subject to consultation with the Leader and Cabinet members in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.