Agenda and minutes

Employees Committee (Appointments) - Wednesday, 5 September 2007 8:30 am

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

There were no apologies.

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Minutes:

Members were asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.  No declarations were made.

3.

PRIVATE SESSION

AGENDA

 

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

 

Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private where in the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the matter exempt from publication outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

 

Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

 

The Committee is recommended to consider the following reports in private on the grounds that they contain ‘exempt’ information as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended and consequently that the Cabinet makes the following resolution:-

 

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involve the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information ”

 

Paragraph1

 

Information relating to any individual.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:-

that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following report in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because it involves the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraph detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information ”

 

Paragraph 1

Information relating to any individual.

 

4.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

The minutes of the meeting held on 10 August 2007 are attached and the Committee is asked to confirm them as a correct record.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting on 10 August 2007 be confirmed as a correct record.

5.

SERVICE DIRECTOR POLICY AND PLANNING - INTERVIEWS

To conduct interviews and consider making an appointment to the above post.  Additional papers are attached.

Minutes:

The Committee conducted interviews for the above post and considered making an appointment.

 

RESOLVED:

That an appointment be made as indicated by the Committee.

 

The full decision is recorded in the private section of the Minutes as it contains exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1990, that is information relating to an individual and the public interest in maintaining confidentiality is considered to outweigh the public interest in publishing the information.

 

6.

CLOSE OF MEETING

Minutes:

The meeting ended at 2.45 pm.