Agenda and minutes

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

FOR INFORMATION

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

A Chair of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel for the Municipal Year 2018/19 was appointed by the Licensing and General Purposes Committee at its special meeting on 24 May 2018 under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 7.2:  the appointed Chair is Councillor Graham Henson

In the absence of the Chair for the Municipal Year, it is necessary to appoint a Chair for this meeting.

FOR DECISION

RESOLVED:  That Councillor Simon Brown be appointed as Chair of the meeting.

RESOLVED: To note that there were no declarations of interest by Members.

That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officers’ Employment Panel held on 13 November 2018 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2018 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Report of the Corporate Director, People

Members received a report which set out the process for the permanent recruitment to the statutory post of Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), the proposed remuneration package and the interim arrangements for the period between the departure of the current postholder and the start date of the appointed candidate.

The Corporate Director, People (interim) outlined the content of the report and advised that Penna, the appointed recruitment consultants, had carried out an extensive recruitment process.  He drew Members’ attention to the salaries paid in 2017 to other DASS across London.  A Member commented that Harrow appeared to be paying at the lower end of the salary range.

In response to a Member’s question, the Corporate Director, People (interim) advised that the period between the current postholder leaving the Council’s employ and the new DASS starting was likely to be between two to six weeks given the likely required notice periods.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)          the Corporate Director, People (interim), following interview by the Panel, appoint the preferred candidate to the post of Director of Adult Social Services;

(2)          the remuneration package for the post for a 3 year period start at £130,000 per annum comprised of a salary at grade D2 (£104,748 - £117,918), a 2% pay award due in April 2019 and a market supplement of up to £10,000 (to be reviewed after 3 years); and

(3)          the Corporate Director, People (interim) undertake the statutory duties of the Director of Adult Social Services for the period following the departure of the current postholder on 31 March 2019 and the start date of the appointed candidate.

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 reasons set out below:

Upon interview of short-listed candidates to consider making an appointment to the post of Director of Adult Social Services

FOR CONSIDERATION

The Panel, having interviewed three shortlisted candidates for the post of Director of Adult Services, received feedback from stakeholders including Public Health, service area team leaders and the Corporate Strategy Board.

RESOLVED:  That the Corporate Director, People (interim) appoint Angela Morris, Director of Social Services, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham Borough Council, to the post of Director of Adult Social Services, subject to there being no ‘well founded objections’ by members of Cabinet.