Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

31.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

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

Minutes:

The Chair drew attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out on the agenda.

32.

Declarations of Interest

At this point in the meeting declarations of interest are received from Members in 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 an 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.

Minutes:

The following Councillors declared an ‘other’ interest as they were acquainted with both of the candidates;

 

Councillor Sarah Bevan

Councillor Robin Moss

Councillor Dine Romero

Councillor Tim Warren

33.

To Announce any Urgent Business Agreed by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

34.

Minutes of previous meeting - 5th October 2017 pdf icon PDF 59 KB

Minutes:

On a resolution from Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Robin Moss, it was

 

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of 5th October 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

35.

Questions and Statements

Minutes:

There were none.

36.

Exclusion of the public

The Committee is invited to consider if it wishes to move into exempt session.  If so, the following resolution must be passed.

 

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.

Minutes:

On a motion from Councillor Tim Warren, seconded by Councillor Dine Romero, it was

 

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 Scheduled 12A of the Act as amended.

37.

Appointment of Chief Executive & Head of Paid Service - next steps

Any paperwork for this item will be circulated separately.

Minutes:

Interviews were conducted for the position.  The Committee were assisted by Dawn Brown, independent Human Resources Consultant.

 

Following a thorough assessment process, it was unanimously

 

RESOLVED that a successful candidate was selected and that Council be recommended to agree terms and confirm the appointment.