Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Jon Hubbard, who was substituted by Cllr Peter Edge and Cllr John Thomson, who was substituted by Cllr Keith Humphries.  

To confirm the minutes of the two meetings held on 18 October 2013. (copies

attached).

Resolved: 

To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the two Committee meetings held on 18 October 2013.

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

There were no declarations of interest.

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 above no later than 5pm on Tuesday 25 February 2014. Please contact the officer named on the first page 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 members of the public present or councillors’ questions.

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 items of urgent 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. 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 1 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.

The confidential candidate application report compiled by Gatenby Sanderson who have been leading the executive search and selection for this post is attached. From this summary and the CV’s received, three candidates have been shortlisted by Maggie Rae, Corporate Director and that shortlist has been approved by the Faculty of Public Health, which is a requirement in this case due to the qualification requirements of the role.

The CV’s for these three candidates, together with their supporting statements, are attached.

The Committee conducted a competitive selection process to appoint to the role of Associate Director, Public Health & Protection prior to appointing to that post.

A confidential candidate application report compiled by Gatenby Sanderson who had been leading the executive search and selection for this post was received.  From this summary and the CV’s received, three candidates had been shortlisted by Maggie Rae, Corporate Director and it was noted that the shortlist had been approved by the Faculty of Public Health, which was a requirement due to the qualification requirements of the role. 

After conducting formal interviews, the Committee decided to adjourn in order that Members could give further consideration to various issues that had been raised and to reconvene the following day at 9.00am in the Leader’s Office.

The Committee, consisting of Cllr Jane Scott OBE (Chairman), Cllr Fleur de Rhe-Philipe and Cllr Keith Humphries, reconvened on Wednesday 5 March 2014 in the Leader’s Office at 9.00am and Cllr Humphries produced a number of additional questions which he considered should be asked of the preferred candidate.

After some discussion, the Committee decided to adjourn once again until Thursday 13 March 2014 at 11.00am in the Leader’s Office and to ask the preferred candidate to attend once again in order to answer these further questions.

The Committee, again consisting of Cllr Jane Scott OBE (Chairman), Cllr Fleur de Rhe-Philipe and Cllr Keith Humphries, reconvened on Thursday 13 March 2014 in the Leader’s Office at 11.00am and put further questions to the preferred candidate.  

After discussion

Resolved:

To not make an appointment to the post of Associate Director, Public Health & Protection at this time.