Agenda and minutes

Officer Appointments Committee - Wednesday 17 May 2023 12.30 pm

Venue: Kennet Room - County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN. View directions

Contact: Kieran Elliott  Democracy Manager (Democratic Services)

Items
No. Item

10.

Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Laura Mayes and Derek Walters.

 

Councillor Mayes was substituted by Councillor Ian Blair-Pilling.

 

Councillor Walters was subsituted by Councillor Carole King.

11.

Minutes of Previous Meeting

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 17 February 2023.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 17 February 2023 were presented for consideration, and it was,

 

Resolved:

 

To approve and sign the minutes as a true and correct record.

12.

Declaration of Interests

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

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations.

13.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

There were no announcements.

14.

Public Participation

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 to do so at least 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Up to 3 speakers are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes each on any agenda item. 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 10 May 2023 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 12 May 2023. 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.

Minutes:

There were no statements or questions submitted.

15.

Urgent Items

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.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.

16.

Exclusion of the 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 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.

Minutes:

It was,

 

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 Item No. 17 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.

 

17.

Appointment of Director of ICT

To appoint to the Director of ICT post.

 

Confidential documents will be circulated to committee members.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Committee undertook an interview process for the appointment of the role of Director, ICT.


It was then,

 

Resolved:

 

To appoint Mark Tucker as Director, ICT.