Agenda and minutes

Employment Committee - Thursday, 3rd November, 2022 12.00 pm

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Venue: Committee Room 'B' - The Diamond Jubilee Room, County Hall, Preston. View directions

Contact: Josh Mynott 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

None

2.

Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests

Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.

Minutes:

There were no interests declared. However, County Councillor Riggott advised that one of the candidates was known to him professionally.

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 30 September 2022 pdf icon PDF 177 KB

To be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Minutes:

Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting held on 30 September 2022 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

4.

Urgent Business

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

Minutes:

There was no urgent business.

5.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the committee will be held on Thursday 17 November 2022 at 2.00pm at County Hall, Preston.

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the committee would be held on Thursday 17 November at 2pm at County Hall, Preston.

6.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

Minutes:

Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

7.

Longlisting, Interview Questions and Presentation Topic for the Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) Role

Minutes:

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interests in disclosing the information).

 

The Committee considered the applications received for the role of Director of Law and Governance, and arrangements for the presentation topic and interview process.

 

Resolved: That

 

  i.  The agreed candidates be added to the longlist and that they go forward to the technical assessment

  ii.  The interview questions and presentation topic to be used as part of the interview process, as set out in the report, be approved