There were no apologies for absence submitted on this occasion.

The Chairman will formally open the meeting with their opening remarks including welcoming the Councillors and Officers present and informing all persons present of any “house keeping” arrangements et cetera.

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.

In response to an invitation from the Chairman, Councillors declared they had no pecuniary interests.

The Sub-Committee is asked to consider the following resolution:

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Agenda Item 3 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A, as amended, of the Act.”

It was moved by Councillor G V Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor Calver and:-

RESOLVED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of Agenda Item 3 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A, as amended, of the Act.

Following the interviews of the candidate(s), the Sub-Committee Panel will notify the Assistant Director (Partnerships) of the name of the person to whom the following post is to be offered and any other matter relevant to that appointment, in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules and the Council’s Scheme of Delegation:

Corporate Director (Place & Economy)

Having interviewed the candidate for the post of Corporate Director (Place and Economy):

It was moved by Councillor Chapman, seconded by Councillor Calver and unanimously:

RESOLVED that:

(i)            the Assistant Director (Partnerships) be notified of the name of the person to whom the aforementioned post of Corporate Director is to be offered; and

(ii)           Council Procedure Rule 20.1 be suspended in order to delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive to approve the draft minutes as an accurate record of the meeting, after consultation with the Members of the Sub-Committee Panel.

NOTE: The Sub-Committee Panel was aware that no formal offers of appointment could be made until the provisions of Officer Employment Procedure Rule 5 had been complied with. Rule 5(b) allowed for a three working day period in which the Leader of the Council, on behalf of the Cabinet, could object to the proposed appointment. If such an objection was lodged the Sub-Committee Panel would be required to reconvene and satisfy itself that such objection was neither material nor well-founded for the appointments to proceed.