Agenda and minutes

Chief Officers' Employment Panel - Tuesday 19 December 2017 9.00 am

Venue: Boardroom, Middlesex Suite Harrow Civic Centre

Contact: Alison Atherton, Senior Professional - Democratic Services  Tel: 020 8424 1266 E-mail:  alison.atherton@harrow.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

115.

Membership

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

 

Original Member

 

Nominee Member Attending

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

Councillor

 

FOR INFORMATION

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed nominated Member:

 

Ordinary Member

 

Nominated Member

Councillor Barry Macleod-Cullinane

Councillor Norman Stevenson

 

 

116.

Declarations of Interest

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.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interests were declared:

 

Agenda Item 5 – Appointment of Interim Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service

Councillor Sue Anderson declared an interest in that a candidate lived in her ward.  She would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

 

Councillor Paul Osborn declared an interest in that a candidate lived in his ward.  He would remain in the room whilst the matter was considered and voted upon.

117.

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That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel held on 12 October 2017 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2017 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

118.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

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:

 

Agenda Item No

 

Title

Description of Exempt Information

5.

Appointment of Interim Head of Paid Service

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individuals).

 

Minutes:

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 reasons set out below:

 

Item

 

Title

 

Reason

 

5.

Appointment of Interim Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service)

Information under paragraph 1 (contains information relating to any individual).

 

RECOMMENDED ITEMS

119.

Appointment of Interim Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service)

Upon interview of short-listed candidates to consider making an appointment to the post of Interim Head of Paid Service

 

FOR CONSIDERATION

Minutes:

Members received a confidential report which set out the process to appoint an interim Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) and included the expressions of interest submitted for the post.

 

Following the interviews of two candidates it was

 

Resolved to RECOMMEND:  (to Council)

 

That Tom Whiting be appointed to the post of interim Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) with effect 6 January 2018 and terminating on 24 May 2018 subject to there being no well-founded objections from members of the Executive.