Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

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

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

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 on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Thursday 26 October 2017 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 30 October 2017. 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.

No members of the public were in attendance.

A report by the Corporate Directors is attached, together with appendices showing:-

·         The previous structure and the finalised tier 2 structure.

·         Director profiles

The Committee received a report by the Corporate Directors which presented candidates recommended for appointment into the following posts on the grounds of suitable alternative employment within the Council’s new senior management structure:-

·           Director – Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer).

·           Director - Finance and Procurement (Section 151 officer).

·           Director – HR&OD (Head of Paid Service)

·           Director – Communities and Communications

·           Director – Corporate Services and Digital

·           Director – Highways and Transport

·           Director – Waste and Environment

Any other items of business, which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered as a matter of urgency. Urgent items of a confidential nature may be considered under Part II of this agenda.

There were no urgent items of business.

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 No. 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.48 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.

Confidential reports regarding affected officers are attached.

Appendix 8 of the Corporate Directors’ report was presented and after discussion,

Resolved:

To appoint officers to   the following posts as indicated with effect from 6 November 2017:

·                Director – Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer) – Mr Ian Gibbons

·                Director - Finance and Procurement (Section 151 officer) – Mr Michael Hudson

·                Director – HR&OD (Head of Paid Service) – Mrs Joanne Pitt

·                Director – Communities and Communications – Mrs Laurie Bell

·                Director – Corporate Services and Digital – Mr Robin Townsend

·                Director – Highways and Transport – Mr Parvis Khansari

·                Director – Waste and Environment – Ms Tracy Carter

subject to:-

(1)  all the above appointments being subject to a statutory trial period of four weeks except for Mrs Joanne Pitt whose trial period is extended to 12 weeks as she will be new in post at tier two, and

(2)  after consultation with the Leader and Cabinet members in accordance with paragraph 5(2) of the Officer Employment Procedure Rules.