Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Wallasey Town Hall. View directions

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

Cllr McLachlan moved that Cllr P Davies be appointed as Chair, this was seconded by Cllr G Davies and agreed unanimously by the Panel.

 

Councillor Phil Davies in the Chair.

 

Note: Prior to the formal meeting commencing, a letter issued to the Members of the Panel from Mr Brace was discussed. It was agreed that a formal response would be provided after the meeting to allow due consideration of the points raised therein.

 

2.

Members' Code of Conduct - Declarations of Interest

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.

Minutes:

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

 

No such declarations were made.

3.

Exempt Information - Exclusion of Members of the Public

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.

Minutes:

Resolved –That in accordance with section 100 (A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business, on the grounds that it involved 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 had been applied and favoured exclusion.

4.

Appointment of Assistant Director - Community Services

To interview the short listed candidates for this post.

Minutes:

The Strategic Director of Transformation and Resources provided summary of job description and key requirements for the role of Assistant Director, Community Services.

 

The Chief Executive and the Strategic Director of Transformation and Resources presented confidential feedback to the Panel on each of the shortlisted candidates following the technical assessment.

 

The Panel discussed the scope of the post and the key requirements of the role. It was noted that whilst the shortlisted applicants had demonstrated key strengths, a wider field of candidates be sought. 

 

Cllr P Davies formally proposed that the role of Assistant Director, Community Services be advertised externally.

 

Seconded by Cllr McLachlan.

 

Resolved (unanimously) – That the role of Assistant Director, Community Services be advertised externally.