Agenda and draft minutes

To appoint a Chair of the Committee

It was proposed, seconded and resolved to appoint Councillor Dunn as Chair of the Appointments Committee, for the duration of its consideration of the recruitment of the Group Head of Assets.

To receive any disclosures of interest from members of the Committee in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for members.

There were none.

To move the exclusion of the Press/Public for the following item, in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006.

Resolved to move the exclusion of the Press and Public for the following items in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006:

Paragraph 1 – information relating to any individual and on the basis that disclosure would not be in the public interest because it would contain personal data submitted with an expectation of confidence and disclosure is not in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.

To interview the shortlist candidates for the position of Group Head of Assets.

Following a rigorous recruitment process, the Appointments Committee unanimously agreed the preferred candidate for the role of Group Head of Assets, subject to references and other pre-employment checks, in accordance with the delegations given at Council on 28 April 2022.