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 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.

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor Bernie Mooney 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 decide upon a short list of candidates for this post.

The Chair welcomed Nikki Boardman, Director of Change & Organisational Design and Jenny Woods, Recruitment & Resourcing Manager to the meeting. Ms Boardman and Ms Woods provided the Panel with an overview of each of the three candidates, and the Panel discussed which of the candidates should be put forward to the next stage of the selection process together with the two already short listed candidates.

On a motion by Cllr Leslie Rennie, seconded by Jeff Green, it was –

Lost (2:5) – that candidate 1 be put forward for the next stage of the selection process.

On a motion by the Chair, seconded by Councillor Bernie Mooney, it was –

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

The next meeting of the Employment and Appointments Panel will take place on 5 March 2019, commencing at 12:00hrs.