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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1

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Note: Training from 2.00pm 

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair for the 2022/23 Council year

Minutes:

Councillor Graham was elected chair for the 2022/23 Council year.

2.

Election of Vice-Chair for the 2022/23 Council year

Minutes:

Councillor Enright was elected Vice-Chair for the 2022/23 Council year.

3.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

4.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

5.

Appointment of Appraisal Panel

Purpose

The Performance and Appointments Committee has responsibility in the Constitution (page 46) for conducting appraisals of the Chief Executive. For this purpose, the Leader of the Council, in consultation with the other Committee Members, will select an Appraisal Panel of four Members, to include one other Group Leader.

 

Recommendation

The Leader is recommended to consult with the Committee and to confirm the appointment of a four-Member Appraisal Panel which will meet separately on a later date to conduct the appraisal of the Chief Executive.

Minutes:

The Committee resolved to appoint Councillors Graham, Enright, Levy and Mead as members of the Appraisal Panel.

 

The Committee further agreed that Councillor MacRae would attend the Appraisal Panel as an observer.

6.

Matters exempt from publication

If the Committee wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for the Committee to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

The Committee may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in schedule 12A of the said act.

7.

Appointment of a Director of Governance and Development and any consequential changes to retained officer terms and conditions

Purpose

At the request of Cabinet to consider the terms and conditions for the Director of Governance & Development and any consequential amendments to those of the retained officer structure.

 

Recommendation

That the Committee determines the appropriate terms and conditions for the new post of Director of Governance and Development and the consequential pay amendments to the other statutory officers

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Group Finance Director introduced the report and stated that the recruitment of Monitoring Officers is difficult because of the specialist nature of the role. The proposed job description was based on the Director of Governance and Development role at Cotswold District Council and gave a more rounded role.

 

The Committee resolved to:

1.    Agree to go out to recruitment for a Director of Governance at a salary of £78,356 (subject to pending pay award).

2.    Delegate authority to the Chief Executive to make amendments to the job description and to decide on whether or not to utilise the services of a recruitment agency.