Agenda and minutes

There was an apology from Councillor Nathan Hartley whose substitute was Councillor Dave Laming

The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 7

The Chair drew attention to the emergency evacuation procedure

At this point in the meeting, declarations of interest are received from Members on any of the agenda items under consideration at the meeting. Members are asked to indicate:

(a) The agenda item number in which they have an interest to declare.

(b) The nature of their interest.

(c) Whether their interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest or other interest (as defined in Part 2, A and B of the Code of Conduct and Rules for Registration of Interests)

Any Member who needs to clarify any matters relating to the declaration of interests is recommended to seek advice from the Council’s Monitoring Officeror a member of his staff before the meeting to expedite dealing with the item during the meeting.

There was none

There was none

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday 15^th January 2015

The Minutes of the previous meeting held on Thursday 15^th January 2015 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair

There was none

RECOMMENDATION That, having been satisfied that the public interest test would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

RESOLVED that, having been satisfied that the public interest test would be better served by not disclosing relevant information, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business because of the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

The Committee will consider reports relating to the long list candidate interviews conducted in January and agree candidates to go forward to the next stage of the selection process

The Committee considered reports relating to the long list candidate interviews conducted on their behalf by Harvey Nash Consultants in January, together with Harvey Nash’s recommendations on which candidates should go forward to the next stage of the selection process. Arrangements for subsequent phases of the selection procedure were reviewed with instruction given to the external adviser on how to proceed.

RESOLVED That:

(1)  the applicants identified by the numbers 1, 3, 6, 8 and 11 within the original schedule of applicants, be invited to attend the Assessment Centre to be held in Bath on 2^nd and 6^th March 2015; and

(2)  the Committee meet at 9.30am on 3^rd March 2015 to consider reports from the Assessment Centre and to agree those applicants that should go forward for interview on 6^th March 2015.