Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

25.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 6.

Minutes:

The Chair(person) drew attention to the emergency evacuation procedure.

26.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

27.

Declarations of Interest under the Local Government Act 1972

To receive any declarations from Members/Officers of personal or prejudicial interests in respect of matters for consideration at this meeting.  Members who have an interest to declare are asked to:

a)  State the Item Number in which they have the interest;

b)  The nature of the interest;

c)  Whether the interest is personal, or personal and prejudicial.

Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made.

28.

To Announce any Urgent Business Agreed by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

29.

Minutes of previous meeting - 10th February 2012 pdf icon PDF 29 KB

The minutes of 10th February are attached for confirmation as a correct record and to be signed by the Chair.

Minutes:

These were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

30.

Questions and Statements

Minutes:

There were no questions or statements from public or Councillors

31.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

The Committee is asked to agree;

 

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 paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

Minutes:

The Committee passed the following resolution to move into exempt session;

 

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 paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

32.

Appointment of the Chief Executive

To consider the Consultant’s recommendations on the shortlist.

Minutes:

The Committee considered written reports together with oral submissions relating to the long list candidate interviews conducted on their behalf by Harvey Nash Consultants in February, 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.

 

It was then RESOLVED that

 

1.  Applicants (7 in total) identified by the numbers 9, 12, 13, 28, 39, 43 & 51 within the original schedule of applicants be invited to attend the Assessment Centre to be held in Bath on 12th & 13th March 2012; and

 

2.  The Committee meet at 8pm on 12th March 2012 to consider reports from the Assessment Centre and to agree those applicants that should go forward for interview on 13th March 2012.