Agenda and minutes


Personnel Committee - Monday 30 May 2022 10.00 am

Venue: Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, OX15 4AA

Contact: Natasha Clark / Aaron Hetherington, Democratic and Elections  Email: democracy@cherwell-dc.gov.uk, 01295 221534

Items
No. Item

3.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interests.

4.

Petitions and Requests to Address the Meeting

The Chairman to report on any requests to submit petitions or to address the meeting.

 

Minutes:

There were no petitions or requests to address the meeting.

5.

Urgent Business

The Chairman to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

 

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

6.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 196 KB

To confirm as correct records the Minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 7 April 2022 and 18 May 2022.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meetings of the Committee held on 7 April 2022 and 18 May 2022 were agreed as correct records and signed by the Chairman.

7.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive communications from the Chairman.

 

Minutes:

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

8.

Exclusion of the Public and Press

The following item contains exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

 

1 - Information relating to any individual.

 

2 – information likely to reveal the identity of any individual

 

4 – Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matter arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or office holders under, the authority.

 

Members are reminded that whilst the following item has been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider it in private or in public. In making the decision, Members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion Members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

 

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to pass the following recommendation:

 

“That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 12A of that Act.”

 

Minutes:

Resolved

 

That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Schedule 12A of that Act.

 

9.

Interviews for Corporate Directors

Exempt papers (to follow) will be circulated to Personnel Committee members and officers supporting the meeting only. These papers are not for wider circulation.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the applications that had been received for the Corporate Director Resources and Corporate Director Communities posts.

 

The Committee interviewed the applicants supported by the Chief Executive, Interim Assistant Director Human Resources and Organisational Development and Director, Public Sector Executive Search.

 

Following the interviews the Committee evaluated the applications and considered the supporting information from the Director, Public Sector Executive Search.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That an appointment to the post of Corporate Director Communities be made subject to all necessary procedural steps having been complied with.

 

(2)          That an appointment to the post of Corporate Director Resources be made subject to all necessary procedural steps having been complied with.