Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Cabinet Briefing Room - Wallasey Town Hall. View directions

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

On a motion by Councillor Phil Davies, seconded by Councillor Bernie Mooney, it was –

 

Resolved – That Councillor Phil Davies take the Chair of this Panel.

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 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.

3.

Exempt Information - Exclusion of the Press and Public

The following item contains 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:

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 items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act.

4.

Appointment of Assistant Director - Community Services

To decide upon a short list of candidates for this post.

Minutes:

Nicola Boardman, Director for Change and Organisational Design, explained the criteria for the post and Amanda Riley from the recruitment consultants,  Penna outlined the qualities which they were looking for from the 34 applications received. Of eight longlisted candidates, three met all the criteria, although for one, appointment would mean a drop in their current salary.

 

Following considerable discussion of the eight candidates, it was recommended that four be put forward for the next stage on the proviso that one candidate be informed that there would be no movement on the salary range of £72,000 - £78,000.

 

Resolved – That candidates 1, 2, 4 and 5 be put forward for the next stage of the selection process, with the proviso as mentioned above.