On a motion by Councillor George Davies, seconded by Councillor Moira McLaughlin, it was –

Resolved – That Councillor Phil Davies be appointed Chair of this Panel.

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 consider the applications for this post.

The Assistant Director: Human Resources and Organisational Development welcomed Garfield Cameron, Yvonne Skingle and Amanda Riley from the recruitment consultants, Penna, and then gave an overview of the post.

Yvonne Skingle and Amanda Riley informed the Panel of the process they had taken in their focussed search for potential candidates and responded to questions from the Panel.

The Panel then considered which of the seven candidates should be long listed for the next stage of the selection process.

Resolved (unanimously) – That candidates 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 be put forward to the next stage of the selection process.

The Assistant Director: Human Resources and Organisational Development then informed the Panel of the next stage of the selection process, which would be for technical assessments, to be undertaken by Penna, the results of which would be circulated to Members by email. Members would then have an opportunity to feedback their comments and approve a final selection of a maximum of three candidates for interview. Shortlisting would therefore be undertaken by email circulation.