Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the meeting.

Councillor Dempster was appointed as Chair for the meeting.

No apologies were received.

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.

Members were asked to declare any interests they may have in the business on the agenda and/or declare that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applied to them. No such declarations were made.

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 ”

Paragraph 1

Information relating to any individual.

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.

The public and private minutes of the meeting of the Employees (Appointments) Committee held on 17 January 2008, concerning the shortlisting for the post of Service Director, Strategic Planning, Commissioning and performance are attached, and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Employees (Appointments) Committee held on 17 January 2008 be confirmed as a correct record.

Following the shortlisting of candidates which took place on 17 January 2008, further assessment panels were carried out by officers of the Children and Young People’s Department on 5 and 6 March 2008. Members are asked to note the outcomes of these assessments which will be reported verbally to the Committee.

Members noted the outcomes of the further assessment of candidates following shortlisting and noted the resulting list of interviewees for the post.

To conduct interviews and consider making an appointment to the above post. 

Additional papers will be sent to Members following the assessment process which is to take place on 5 and 6 March 2008.

Members conducted interviews for the above post.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee agrees not to make an appointment and that the Trevor Pringle be asked to continue in the post on an interim basis for the next six months pending the process being repeated.