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.

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 N Shah as Chair of the Panel for the Municipal Year 2005/06.

In the absence of Councillor N Shah, nominations were sought for the appointment of a Chair for this meeting.  Councillor Burchell was duly nominated and approved as Chair.

RESOLVED:  To note that, in the absence of the Chair approved for the Municipal Year 2005/06, Councillor Burchell had been appointed Chair of the Panel for the purposes of this current 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 73 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:

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

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 Officers’ Employment Panel held on 28 October and 9 November 2005, having been printed into the Council Minute Volume, to be signed as correct records.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the previous Chief Officers’ Employment Panel meetings held on 28 October 2005 and 9 November 2005, having been circulated, be signed as correct records.

To consider the attached report which proposes the filling of the post of Director of Strategy (Urban Living) by the assimilation of the current post holder of the post of Area Director (People First).

FOR CONSIDERATION

The Panel received and considered a report of the Executive Director (Business Development) in this matter.  This had reference to a report submitted by the Executive Director (People First) to the Cabinet meeting on 16 February 2006 on a “Realignment of the People First Senior Management Structure”.  It was confirmed that the Cabinet had approved the recommended realignment.

Arising from the Cabinet decisions, the post of Area Director (People First) was deleted.  The Panel was advised of the appropriate provisions within the Protocol for Managing Organisational Change and the Executive Director (Business Development) in her report set out the formal proposal for the incumbent of the deleted post to be appointed to the vacant post of Director of Strategy (Urban Living).

Having considered the officer report in this matter, it was

RESOLVED:  That (1) the post of Director of Strategy (Urban Living) be identified as a suitable alternative post in accordance with the Council’s Protocol for Organisational Change, for the post holder of the former post of Area Director (People First);

(2)  the post holder of the former post of Area Director (People First), Mr Michael Hart, be assimilated into the vacant post of Director of Strategy (Urban Living); and

(3)  the effective date of this appointment be Monday 20 February 2006.