Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

25.

Election of Chairman

To elect a Chairman for the meeting

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To elect Cllr Philip Whitehead as Chairman of the meeting.

 

Councillor Whitehead in the Chair

 

26.

Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23 April 2020.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 23 April 2020.

 

 

27.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

 

28.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

29.

Chairman's Announcements

Minutes:

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

 

30.

Public Participation

During the coronavirus emergency, this meeting will be held online. Guidance on how to access the meeting online is available here.

 

Public participation will take place via written questions and statements received and published in advance of the meeting. Submissions will be referred to during the meeting

 

Statements

 

Members of the public who wish to submit a statement should submit it to the officer named on this agenda no later than 5pm on 22 June 2020.

 

 

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 19 June 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 22 June. Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice.

 

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.

 

Minutes:

There were no members of the public present.

 

31.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

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.

 

Minutes:

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. 32 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.

 

32.

Termination of Employment following Senior Management Restructure

A confidential report is to follow.

Minutes:

The Sub Committee considered a confidential report from the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development with a recommendation to terminate the employment of the Chief Executive Officer – Place on the grounds of redundancy following a restructure of the senior management structure at tier 1.

 

Resolved:    To approve the termination of the employment of Mr Alistair Cunningham 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.