Agenda and minutes

Chief Officers' Employment Panel - Wednesday 26 April 2023 5.00 pm

Venue: Meeting Room 5, First Floor - Harrow Council Hub. View directions

Contact: Alison Atherton, Senior Professional - Democratic Services  Tel: 07825 726493 E-mail:  alison.atherton@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

33.

Membership

To note under the provisions of the formula membership the attendance of any nominees.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no nominee Members in attendance.

34.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members present.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members.

35.

Minutes

That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 April 2023 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel held on 20 April 2023 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Resolved Items

36.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business:

 

Agenda Item No

 

Title

Description of Exempt Information

5.

Appointment of the Interim Director of Children’s Services

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individuals).

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That in accordance with Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item for the reasons set out below:

 

Item

Title

 

Reason

4.

Appointment of the Interim Director of Children Services

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individual).

 

37.

Appointment of the Interim Director of Children's Services

Upon interview of the short-listed candidates to consider making an appointment to the post of Interim Director of Children’s Services.

 

Minutes:

The Panel, having interviewed three candidates for the post of Interim Director of Children’s Services

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)            Ms Dionne Thomas, Assistant Director – Children’s Safeguarding, London Borough of Harrow, be appointed to the post of Interim Director of Children’s Services, of the London Borough of Harrow, in accordance with the terms and conditions governing Chief Officer posts and subject to there being no ‘well founded objections’ by members of Cabinet and until a permanent Director of Children’s Services had been recruited and was in post;

 

(2)            the remuneration package for the above-mentioned post be £127,698 per annum.