Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Virtual

Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

Minutes:

On a motion by Councillor Pat Hackett, seconded by Councillor Tom Usher, it was –

 

Resolved – That Councillor Phil Gilchrist, be appointed 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(s) 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, duly seconded, 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 Assistant Director: Neighbourhoods, Safety and Transport

To interview the short listed candidates for this post.

Minutes:

The Panel interviewed the candidate for the post of Assistant Director: Neighbourhoods, Safety and Transport.

 

The Panel considered the position with regard to the fact that there was only one internal candidate for the post.

 

It was moved by Councillor Jenny Johnson and seconded by Councillor Mike Collins, that –

 

“The post be advertised externally.”

 

The motion was put and lost (2:5).

 

Then, on a motion by Councillor Phil Gilchrist, seconded by Councillor Chris Jones, it was –

 

Resolved (6:1) – That Mark Camborne, currently Wirral Council’s Lead Commissioner – Community Services and Resilience, be appointed to the post of Assistant Director: Neighbourhoods, Safety and Transport.