Agenda and minutes

Deputy City Mayor Councillor Russell was appointed as Chair for the meeting.

There were no apologies for absence.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed.

Members were asked to declare any interests they might have in the business to be discussed.  No such declarations were received.

There were no items of Any Other Urgent Business.

PRIVATE SESSION

AGENDA

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private. Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

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

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item 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 Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to an individual, 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”.

INTERVIEWS – STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES

RESOLVED:-

that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item 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 Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to an individual, 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”.

INTERVIEWS – STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES

The Committee is asked to conduct interviews with a view to appointing to the position of Strategic Director of Children’s Services.

Further information, including a full timetable for the session, will be circulated to Members prior to the meeting

The Committee interviewed one candidate for the post of Strategic Director, Children’s Services.  The second candidate that had been selected to progress to the assessment centre stage of the interview process had subsequently withdrawn their application.  

RESOLVED:

That Gerard Jones be appointed to the post of Strategic Director, Children’s Services.