Agenda and minutes

To note under the provisions of the formula membership the attendance of any nominee Members.

RESOLVED: To note that there were no nominee Members in attendance.

To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary or non pecuniary interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

(a)               all Members of the Panel;

(b)               all other Members present.

An officer declared a disclosable interest in that one of the cases before Members for consideration related to a family member.  He indicated that he would leave the room whilst that case was discussed if Members felt it appropriate.

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no declarations of interest by Members in relation to the business on the agenda for this Panel meeting.

That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officer Employment Panel held on 4 November 2014 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 4 November 2014 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 Corporate Director of Resources

The Corporate Director of Resources introduced the report which sought approval for severance payments where the amount concerned was £100,000 or greater.  The redundancies detailed in the report were as a result of the implementation of the Minerva Project.

RESOLVED:  That the payment of the contractual and statutory payments to the employees who will be made redundant as a result of the re-structure, as detailed in the report of the Corporate Director of Resources, be approved.