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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2

Items
No. Item

12.

Election of Chair for the 2023/24 Civic Year

Minutes:

Committee Resolved to:

1.    Elect Councillor Andy Graham as Chair of Performance and Appointments Committee for the municipal year 2023-2024.

13.

Election of Vice-Chair for the 2023/24 Civic Year

Minutes:

Committee Resolved to:

1.    Elect Councillor Duncan Enright as Vice-Chair of Performance and Appointments Committee for the municipal year 2023-2024.

14.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for Absence were received from Councillor Duncan Enright.

 

Councillor Joy Aitman substituted for Councillor Duncan Enright.

15.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no Declarations of Interest received by Members of the Committee.

 

The Chief Executive Officer, Giles Hughes, stated that he would leave the meeting at the conclusion of Agenda Item 7, as Agenda Item 8 would involve sensitive information relating to his own post.

16.

Minutes of Previous Meetings pdf icon PDF 29 KB

To approve the public minutes of the meetings held on 26 October 2022 and 2 February 2023.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Minutes of the Previous Meetings, held on 26 October 2022 and 2 February 2023, were agreed by the Committee as a true and accurate record.

17.

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:

Committee Resolved that:

1.    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.

18.

Job Description for Chief Finance Officer

Purpose

To consider the job description for the post of Chief Finance Officer.

 

Recommendation

That the Committee agrees the job description for the post of Chief Finance Officer.

Minutes:

The Chief Executive Officer, Giles Hughes, introduced the report, which considered the job description for the post of Chief Finance Officer.

 

Committee Resolved to:

  1. Re-name the role from Chief Finance Officer to Director of Finance;
  2. Agree the job description for the post of Director of Finance;
  3. Note the desired timeline for recruitment to the role of Director of Finance.
  4. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive to make amendments to the job description for the role of Director of Finance.

 

The Chief Executive left the meeting at 10.19am.

19.

Appointment of Chief Finance Officer and any consequential changes to retained officer terms and conditions

Purpose

To consider any consequential amendments to the terms and conditions of the other  retained officer posts.

 

Recommendation

That the Committee determines the appropriate terms and conditions of the other retained officer posts.

Minutes:

Frank Wilson, Group Finance Director (Publica), introduced the report, which considered the terms and conditions for the Director of Finance appointment and any consequential remuneration amendments to other statutory Council officers.

 

Committee Resolved to:

  1. Amend the salary levels of the Council’s statutory officers, with effect from 1 July 2023, as set out in the exempt minutes.