Agenda and minutes

The City Mayor was elected as Chair for the meeting.

Apologies were received from Councillor Willmott.

Members were asked to declared any interests they may have in the business on the agenda.

There were no declarations.

Please note that the Chair will be asked to accept an item of urgent business at the meeting scheduled for 23/05/13 concerning the issue below on the grounds that the deadline for applications isn’t until Friday 17^th May, and the recruitment is required to meet strict timetable deadlines.

·         Longlist of Applications for Strategic Director, Children’s Services

Further details will be made available to the members of the Committee when available.

The Chair agreed to accept the following item as urgent business.

Longlist of Applications for Strategic Director, Children’s Services

It was agreed to accept the item of business as urgent as the deadline for applications was after the initial publication of the agenda and the recruitment was required to follow a strict timetable.

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 involved 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.

LONGLIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC DIRECTOR, CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Paragraph 1

Information relating to any individual.

The Committee is asked to agree a long-list for the following position:

-          Strategic Director – Children’s Services

Long-list packs for Members of the Committee will be made available as soon as they are prepared.

The Committee gave consideration to a number of applications received for the post of Strategic Director, Children’s Services.

RESOLVED:

That two applicants progress forward to the assessment centre stage of the interview process.