Agenda and minutes

A Chair of the Chief Officer Appointments Panel for the Municipal Year 2003/04 was duly appointed by the General Purposes and Licensing  Committee at its special meeting on 15 May 2003, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2:  the appointed Chair is Councillor Foulds, Leader of the Council.

In accordance with the formula membership for the Panel there is a nominee Member in attendance at the meeting in place of Councillor Foulds.  In the absence of the Chair for the Municipal Year, it is necessary to appoint a Chair for this meeting.

FOR DECISION

The appointed Chair for the Municipal Year 2003/04, Councillor Foulds, having appointed a nominee substitute to attend this meeting in his place, it was necessary to agree a Chair for the meeting.

Councillor Dighé having been duly nominated and seconded, it was

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Dighé be appointed Chair of the Panel for the purposes of this meeting. 

To consider whether the items appearing in Part II of the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it is thought likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that there would be disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence or of exempt information as defined in the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.

RESOLVED:  That the item appearing in Part II of the agenda (Minute 141 refers) be considered with the press and public excluded on the grounds that it contained confidential information which was exempt under the provisions of paragraph 1 of Part I to Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, in that it related to an applicant to become an office holder with that Authority.

To note under the provisions of the formula membership the attendance of the following nominees:

FOR INFORMATION

RESOLVED:  That the attendance of Nominee Members at this meeting, further to the formula membership of the Panel, be noted as follows:-

To receive declarations of interest (if any) from Members of the Panel with regard to the business on this agenda.

RESOLVED:  That it be noted that there had been no declarations of interest by Members in relation to the business on the agenda for this Panel meeting.

Of the previous meetings of the Chief Officer Appointments Panel held on 13 November 2003 and 23 February 2004 to be deferred until printed into the Minute Volume.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the previous meetings of the Panel held on 13 November and 15 December 2003 and 23 February 2004 be deferred until printed into the relevant Minute Volume.

Upon interview of two short-listed candidates to consider making an appointment to the post of Director of Organisational Effectiveness and Human Resources (Organisational Development).

FOR CONSIDERATION

The Panel having interviewed two short-listed external candidates for the post of Director of Organisational Effectiveness and Human Resources, it was

RESOLVED:  That Ms Susan Styles, former H R Executive, Raytheon Systems Limited, be appointed to the post of Director of Organisational Effectiveness and Human Resources (Organisational Development) at the London Borough of Harrow with effect from a date to be determined and in accordance with the terms and conditions governing Chief Officer posts.