Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair of the Committee for the ensuing Municipal Year.

RESOLVED

  that Councillor S J Conboy be appointed Chair of the Committee.

Councillor Conboy in the Chair.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 17th September 2021.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17th September 2021 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary, other registerable and non-registerable interests in relation to any Agenda Item. See Notes below.

No declarations were received.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the ensuing Municipal Year.

RESOLVED

  that Councillor S Cawley be appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee.

To resolve –

that the public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information which would disclose information relating to an individual and would be likely to reveal the identity of that individual.

RESOLVED

  that the press and public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains information relating to an individual and would be likely to reveal the identity of that individual.

To consider applications and interview candidates for the position of Interim Managing Director and Head of Paid Service, Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer and the terms and conditions of services for the post.

Candidates to make a presentation to the Committee and to respond to Member’s questions thereafter.

To formulate a notification to the Cabinet and a recommendation to the Council.

(Details of candidates, together with further information relating to the post have been circulated separately to Members of the Committee only).

Following an introduction from the Strategic HR Manager, the Committee were acquainted with the procedures to be adopted for appointment to the post of Interim Managing Director. Having regard to the application form and supporting material, the Committee proceeded to interview the short-listed candidate.

On completion of the interview, it was

RESOLVED

that, subject to confirmation by the Cabinet that there is no material or well-founded objection to the Committee’s proposals with regard to the offer of an appointment, the Council be recommended to appoint Mr Oliver Morley to the post of Interim Managing Director and Head of Paid Service, Electoral Registration and Returning Officer Officer from 1st March 2023 for a fixed term ending 31st August 2023 at a commencing salary within the range for Local Grade MD.