Agenda and minutes

A Chairman of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel for the Municipal Year 2008/09 was appointed by the Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its special meeting on 12^th May 2008, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2.  The appointed Chairman is Councillor David Ashton, Leader of the Council.

RESOLVED:  To note the appointment at the Special meeting of the Licensing and General Purposes Committee on 12 May 2008, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2, of Councillor David Ashton as Chairman for the Municipal Year 2008/09.

To consider whether any of the items listed on 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 Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

RESOLVED:  That all items be considered with the press and public present with the exception of the following item for the reasons set out below:

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

FOR INFORMATION

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no Reserve Members in attendance at this meeting.

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

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

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interests made by Members in relation to the business transacted at this meeting.

That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officer Employment Panel held on 30 April 2008 be taken as read and signed as correct records.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 30 April 2008, be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Further to the restructuring of Chief Officer posts agreed at the Cabinet meeting on 23^rd October 2008, the Panel is requested to agree the job descriptions for the new Corporate Director posts of Corporate Director Place Shaping and Corporate Director Community & Environment and agree the appointment process for these posts.

FOR CONSIDERATION

Further to the refinement to the functional responsibilities of the senior management structure agreed by the Cabinet held on 23 October 2008, the Panel considered a report of the Divisional Director of Human Resources, which outlined proposals in relation to that structure.

The Panel noted that the transfer of certain responsibilities currently contained within the existing post of Corporate Director, Community & Environment had resulted in the need to delete that post in its current form.

The Divisional Director of Human Resources then submitted draft job descriptions for proposed new Corporate Director posts of Community & Environment and Place Shaping, to be contained in the new structure and the recruitment process that would be undertaken in relation to these.  He further reminded Members of the Council’s practice of ensuring that all Appointments Panels reflected full diversity whenever achievable.

RESOLVED:  That (1) the job descriptions for the new chief officer posts of Corporate Director Place Shaping and Corporate Director Community & Environment be approved;

(2)  the appointment of the current Corporate Director Community & Environment to the new chief officer post of Corporate Director Place Shaping be agreed;

(3)  a recruitment exercise be commenced for appointment to the vacant chief officer post of Corporate Director Community & Environment;

(4)  the Chief Executive be authorised to make such further minor changes to the job descriptions of chief officer posts as are necessary to complete recruitment to the senior management structure, such changes to be advised to Panel.