Agenda and minutes

Employment Committee - Thursday, 7th April, 2022 4.00 pm

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

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Note: On the rise of Cabinet 

Items
No. Item

County Councillor Nikki Hennessy replaced County Councillor Lorraine Beavers for this meeting.

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

There were no apologies.

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:

None

3.

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.

4.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the committee will be held all day on Thursday 28 April 2022 at County Hall, Preston.

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the committee would be held on Thursday 28 April at County Hall, Preston.

5.

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 items 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 12A 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.

 

6.

Shortlisting for the Executive Director of Growth, Environment and Transport Role

Minutes:

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information.)

 

The committee considered the outcome of the technical assessment interviews.

 

Resolved: That the candidates who had received a "strongly recommended" and "recommended" assessment from the technical assessment be shortlisted for interview