Agenda and minutes

A Chairman of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel for the Municipal Year 2011/12 was duly appointed by the Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its special meeting on 12 May 2011. Under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2, the appointed Chairman is Councillor Bill Stephenson.

RESOLVED: To note the appointment at the Special meeting of the Licensing and General Purposes Committee on 12 May 2011, under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2, of Councillor Bill Stephenson as Chairman for the Municipal Year 2011/12.

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

FOR INFORMATION

RESOLVED: That, further to the formula membership of the Panel, the attendance of the following Nominee Member at this meeting be noted:-

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.

That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officer Employment Panel held on 27 November 2009 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2009, be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

To resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business, on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of confidential information in breach of an obligation of confidence, or of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972:

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 reason set out below:

Report of the Chief Executive

The Panel received a confidential report of the Chief Executive which outlined the recommended process to implement the revised senior management structure for the Council.  Members were advised that whilst Cabinet had agreed the structure and the generic role profiles, the Panel were requested to agree the specific job descriptions and subsequent appointments to the new structure.  The Panel discussed in depth the potential outcomes of the proposals as set out in the Confidential Memorandum Book.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               the draft job descriptions and person specifications for the Corporate Director Chief officer posts in the revised senior management structure attached at appendix 3 to the report be agreed;

(2)               authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make such further changes to the job descriptions of the Corporate Director chief officer posts as were necessary to implement the agreed revised senior management structure;

(3)               the current Interim Corporate Director, Finance and Section 151 Officer, be appointed to the chief officer post of Interim Corporate Director, Resources and Section 151 Officer on a fixed term contract of 18 months with effect from 1 February 2012;

(4)               the process for the appointment to the following chief officer posts in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and its adopted Protocol for Managing Organisational Change be agreed as follows:

(i)                 the Corporate Director, Adults and Housing Services be assimilated to the new chief officer post of Corporate Director, Community, Health and Wellbeing with effect from 1 February 2012;

(ii)               the Corporate Director, Place Shaping be offered a ring fenced interview, to take place on 31 January 2012, for the new chief officer post of Corporate Director, Environment and Enterprise;

(iii)             the Assistant Chief Executive be offered a ring fenced interview, to take place on 31 January 2012, for the new chief officer post of Corporate Director, Resources;

(5)                 the Corporate Director, Community and Environment’s employment be terminated on the grounds of redundancy and he receive compensation in accordance with Council’s Redundancy/Early Retirement Scheme.