Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - 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 any item on this agenda and, if so, to declare it 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 Members of the Public

The public may 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.

 

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 items of business, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) to that Act. The public interest test has been applied and favours exclusion.

Minutes:

The Head of Human and Resources and Organisational Development introduced David Slatter from Penna Recruitment Consultants. The Chair welcomed him to the meeting.

 

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor G 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 Head of Specialist Services, Families and Wellbeing Department

To consider the applications for this post.

Minutes:

The Director of Children’s Services outlined the role of the Head of Specialist Services post and David Slatter explained the approach of the consultants in targeting potential applicants.

 

The Panel then considered which of the 4 candidates should be long listed for the next stage of the selection process for the post of Head of Specialist Services.

 

Resolved – That the following 3 candidates be long listed for the next stage of the selection process – candidate numbers 1, 2 and 3.