Agenda and minutes

A Chair of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel (formerly known as the Chief Officer Appointments Panel) for the Municipal Year 2005/06 was duly appointed by the Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its special meeting on 16 May 2005, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2:  the appointed Chair is Councillor Navin Shah, Leader of the Council.

In the absence of the Chair for the Municipal Year, it is necessary to appoint a Chair for this meeting.

There are two meetings arranged (with the same membership) in relation to the Executive Director (Urban Living) post: the second of these on 9 November will undertake the interviews.

The Panel may wish to appoint a Chair at this time for both the 28 October and the 9 November 2005 meetings.

FOR DECISION

The Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its special meeting on 16 May 2005, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2 duly appointed Councillor Navin Shah as Chair of the Panel for the Municipal Year 2005/06.

In the absence of Councillor Navin Shah, nominations were sought for the appointment of a Chair for this meeting.  Councillor O’Dell was duly nominated and approved as Chair.  Given that both this meeting and a meeting of the Panel on 9 November 2005 would have the same membership and were concerned respectively with the shortlisting and interviews for the post of Executive Director of Urban Living, it was agreed that the appointment as Chair should apply to both these meetings.

RESOLVED:  That Councillor O’Dell be appointed Chair of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel for this meeting and for the meeting to be held on 9 November 2005, both being meetings at which the appointed Chair for the 2005/06 Municipal Year was unable to be in attendance. 

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 61 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 the 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 personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from all Members present.

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

of the previous meeting of the Chief Officer Appointments Panel held on 2 August 2005 to be signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the Chief Officer Appointments Panel meeting held on 2 August 2005, having been circulated, be signed as a correct record.

The meeting received a report from Gatenby Sanderson Recruitment Consultants, on twenty five applications submitted by candidates for the post of Executive Director (Urban Living).  The Consultants had interviewed fourteen of those candidates, consequent on which they were recommending nine candidates for short?listing or worthy of consideration.  A detailed assessment of each of the top nine candidates interviewed was provided.

Having discussed the merits of the candidates, the preferred short?listing for final interview by the Panel and the arrangements for 9 November were agreed.

RESOLVED:  That (1) the five candidates identified be invited to the Assessment Centre process and prospectively for final interview by the Panel for the post of Executive Director (Urban Living);

(2)  the one further candidate as agreed be held in reserve, should any of the primary candidates withdraw prior to interview;

(3)  the Panel meeting on 9 November 2005 commence at 9.00 am (the timing of the interviews to be dependent on the final number of candidates);

(4)  the arrangements for (i) the candidates to make a presentation to Members on 9 November and (ii) for communicating the outcome of the Assessment Centre on 2 November 2005 and a list of proposed questions at interview to Panel Members by 4 November, be as now discussed.