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

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 19 December 2019 and 9 April 2019.

Resolved:

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 9 April 2019 and 19 December 2019.

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.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

During the coronavirus emergency, this meeting will be held virtually/online here  for the public to view. A guidance document on how to access the meeting online is available here.

 The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public and the public are encouraged to contact the officer named on this agenda to indicate in advance if they wish to make statements or questions for submission. The Chairman will require statements in writing, and these will be published and referred to during the meeting.

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting and where possible in advance to allow your statement to be circulated. Please contact the officer named on the front of the agenda for any further clarification.

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 16 April 2020 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 20 April 2020. 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 public questions or statements.

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 Minute No. 24 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 to follow.

The Sub Committee considered a confidential report from the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development with a recommendation to terminate the employment of the Director, Corporate Services on the grounds of redundancy following a restructure of the senior management structure at tier 2 and 3.

Resolved:

To terminate the employment of Robin Townsend, Director, Corporate Services on the grounds of redundancy with effect from 31 July 2020, subject to consultation with the Leader and Cabinet members in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.