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Roll Call and Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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Exclusion of Press and Public To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda. Minutes: RESOLVED, that the press and public be excluded during consideration of Agenda Item No 6 – Appointment of Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) and the Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) by virtue of Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as this report contains exempt information relating to an individual.
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Disclosures of Interest Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises
1 Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.
2 Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses. (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
3 Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority
(a) Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and
(b) Which has not been fully discharged.
4 Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority.
5 Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer.
6 Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge)
(a) The landlord is the authority; and
(b) The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest.
7 Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where
(a) That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and
(b) Either –
(i) The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or
(ii) If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.
In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered.
Note
A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners). Minutes: There were no disclosures of interest made on this occasion.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 December 2020 (copy enclosed)
Minutes: RESOLVED, that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 11 December 2020 be agreed as a true and accurate record.
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Date and Time of Next Meeting The date and time of the next meeting of the Chief Officers Committee will be notified as required.
Minutes: The date and time of the next meeting of the Chief Officers Committee will be notified as required.
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PART II - ITEMS CONSIDERED NOT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS |
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APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE (HEAD OF PAID SERVICE) & DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (SECTION 151 OFFICER) To consider a report from the Chief Executive (copy enclosed for members only)
Not for publication by virtue of Paragraph(s) 1 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as this report contains exempt information relating to an individual.
Additional documents:
Minutes: The Chief Officers Committee considered a report from the Chief Executive, which recommended that the Committee consider the proposed options and agree a way forward for the recruitment of the Chief Executive and Director of Finance (s151 Officer) following the resignation of the current incumbents. Members were aware that the current Chief Executive and Director of Finance (s151 Officer) had both resigned and would leave the Council in early Summer 2021. The Director of Finance’s last day was 12 June, with the Chief Executives being 27 June 2021. The report therefore recommended the commencement of recruitment of a new Chief Executive and Director of Finance. Given the uncertainty over the next few months it was vital that the County Council provided confidence to its regulators and wider stakeholders. Maintaining improvement, meeting statutory responsibilities, responding to, and beginning, to recover from COVID 19 and preparing for Local Government Reorganisation would be priorities, and early action on embedding confident senior officer leadership would be critical to this. The Chief Executive took members through the report and the options for commencement of recruitment were debated. Members asked if it might be possible to extend the timelines to allow for more than one week before applications closed, in the hope this may encourage more interest from high calibre candidates. The Chief Executive felt this would be possible and the Senior Manager and herself would progress this.. Members also discussed whether it might be possible to hold both sets of interviews on the same date, but accepted this would depend on the number of candidates applying. Upon conclusion of the discussion it was RESOLVED, that Members: - (1) Agree to progress with the appointment of a Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) on a temporary basis, initially for up to 12 months, with the possibility of an extension up to a further 12 months. (2) Agree to progress with the appointment of a Director of Finance (s151 Officer) on a temporary basis, initially for up to 12 months, with the possibility of an extension up to a further 12 months. (3) Agreed the proposed resourcing approach as per Option (2) in tables 5.6 and 5.7 for the roles of Chief Executive and Director of Finance. (4) Agree the timeline outlined in paragraph 5.9, with the aim of a longer advertising period, and the potential to hold both final interviews on the same date as described at Minute 58. (5) Agree the salaries for each post as outlined in paragraph 5.10 and 5.11.
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