Agenda and minutes

Employment and Appointments Panel (Corporate Director for Economic and Housing Growth) - Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Committee Room 2 - Wallasey Town Hall. View directions

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

On a motion by Councillor A Jones, seconded by Councillor G Davies, it was –

 

Resolved – That Councillor P 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 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.

4.

Appointment of Corporate Director for Economic and Housing Growth

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

Minutes:

The Chief Executive welcomed Amanda Riley and Yvonne Skingle from the recruitment consultants, Penna to the meeting.

 

Tony Williams, Senior HR Manager, circulated a summary sheet of the technical assessment recommendations.

 

With Yvonne Skingle and Amanda Riley giving an overview of each of the six candidates, the Panel discussed which of these six should be put forward to the next stage of the selection process.

 

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

 

Resolved (5:2) – That candidates 1, 2, 3 and 6 be put forward for the next stage of the selection process.