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 (Councillor Jayne Chapman BEM) welcomed Members and Officers to the meeting.

Councillor Chapman referenced, for the record, that she had, with the consent of the other Members of the Panel, extended an invitation to Councillor Calver to attend this meeting given his extensive experience and valued contributions to the work of the Panel over the years.  Councillor Calver was also Vice-Chairman of the Human Resources and Council Tax Committee and, in that role, could be required to attend Panel meetings when the Chairman of that Committee was unable to do so.  As such, there was value in him retaining his knowledge of the processes and personalities involved. The other Members of the Panel expressed their appreciation for his presence at the Panel meeting and for the terms of reference for the Panel to be reviewed to formally include a second Member of the Human Resources and Council Tax Committee.

The Sub-Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

There were no apologies for absence submitted, or substitutions appointed, on this occasion.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests or Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

There were none on this occasion.

The Sub-Committee Panel is asked to consider passing 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 Items 5 and 6 on the grounds that they involve 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 Mark Stephenson, seconded by Councillor Carlo Guglielmi 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 Items 5 and 6 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 their interviews of the candidate(s), the Sub-Committee Panel will formally 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 Finance Manager

Having previously interviewed the candidate for the Council’s post of Corporate Finance Manager (a deputy Chief Officer post as defined in section 2 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989) -

It was moved by Councillor Carlo Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor Mark Stephenson and unanimously:

RESOLVED that:

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

(ii)         Council Procedure Rule 20.1 be suspended in order to delegate authority to the Committee Services Manager 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 reminded 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.

To enable the Human Resources Sub-Committee Panel to conduct a review of the previously agreed changes to the terms and conditions of the post of Chief Executive.

The Panel received a report in respect of the review to be undertaken by it.  Having considered the report and heard from the Chief Executive –

It was moved by Councillor Mark Stephenson, seconded by Councillor Carlo Guglielmi and unanimously:

RESOLVED that:

(i)          The position in respect of terms and conditions of employment of the post holder be noted;

(ii)         the outcome of the review undertaken by the Panel of the operation of the current terms and conditions of the post holder be reported to the Human Resources and Council Tax Committee.