Members are asked to consider whether they have any disclosable pecuniary and / or any other relevant interest, in connection with the item on this agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.

Members of the Panel were requested to declare whether they had any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or any other relevant interest in the item on this agenda and, if so, to declare it and state the nature of such interest.

No such declarations were made.

The public may be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information.

RECOMMENDATION – That in accordance with section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business, on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act. The public interest test has been applied and favours exclusion.

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor George Davies it was -

Resolved - That, under section 100 (A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act.

To decide upon a shortlist of candidates for this post.

The Assistant Director: Human Resources and Organisational Development informed the meeting that Yvonne Skingle from Penna could not be in attendance at the meeting, and arrangements had been made for her to address the Committee and respond to comments by speakerphone.

She informed the meeting that she had interviewed the five new candidates on Wednesday 2^nd and gave an appraisal of each in turn.

The Panel considered which of the candidates should be short listed for the selection day process and on a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor George Davies, it was –

Resolved (unanimously) – That the following three candidates be short listed to attend the selection day on Monday, 14 November, 2016 – candidate numbers 2, 3 and 4.

The Panel then discussed the approach to the political group one to one interviews and it was agreed that with each group taking a different approach it would not be appropriate to try and introduce a themed approach to these.

The Assistant Director: Human Resources and Organisational Development also informed the meeting that the selection Panel might have to meet in a venue other than the Town Hall, Wallasey for operational reasons.