Agenda and minutes

Venue: SD large meeting room, Guildhall

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Items
No. Item

45.

Emergency Evacuation Procedure

The Chair will draw attention to the emergency evacuation procedure as set out under Note 5.

Minutes:

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

46.

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:

There were no declarations of interest made.

47.

To Announce any Urgent Business Agreed by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

48.

Minutes of previous meeting - 30th November 2017 pdf icon PDF 49 KB

To be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Minutes:

On a resolution from Councillor Karen Warrington, seconded by Councillor Dine Romero, it was

 

RESOLVED that the minutes of 30th November 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

49.

Questions and Statements

Minutes:

There were none.

50.

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 Karen Warrington, 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 Schedule 12A of the Act as amended.

51.

Senior Management Restructure Proposal pdf icon PDF 74 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report seeking agreement to the proposed restructure of the senior management (Tiers 1 and 2) of the Council.

 

Following a presentation from the Chief Executive and questions from Members, it was

 

RESOLVED to approve the restructure proposals and delegate authority to the Chief Executive to take all steps necessary to implement it.

52.

Redundancy Proposal pdf icon PDF 78 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report seeking their agreement to the proposed dismissal by reason of redundancy in the two cases presented, and the consequential proposed severance payments.

 

Following discussion and questions from Members, it was

 

RESOLVED that

 

1.  the proposal is approved, subject to the points raised by the Committee about the timing of the redundancies and the reassurances regarding securing suitable expertise; and

 

2.  authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to take all steps necessary to implement the proposal.