Agenda and draft minutes

To elect a Chairman for the meeting

Resolved:

To elect Cllr Ashley O’Neill as Chairman of the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence and substitutions for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Cllr Stuart Wheeler who was substituted by Cllr Ashley O’Neill and from Cllr Richard Clewer who was substituted by Cllr Allison Bucknell.

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

If you would like to make a statement at this meeting on any item on this agenda, please register with the officer named on the agenda no later than 5pm on 25 March 2022. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. Please contact the officer named above for any further clarification.

Questions

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such questions electronically to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on 21 March 2022 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 23 March 2022.

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 members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website; they will be taken as read at the meeting.

There were no public statements or questions received.

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 7 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 7 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.

The Sub-Committee considered a confidential report from the Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service with a recommendation to terminate the employment of the Director HR & OD and Transformation on the grounds of redundancy due to a senior management restructure. It was,

Resolved:

To approve the termination of the employment of Mrs Joanne Pitt on the grounds of redundancy with effect from 30 April 2022, subject to consultation with the Leader and Cabinet Members in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.