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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from County Councillor Lorraine Beavers. |
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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. |
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Date of Next Meeting The next meeting of the committee will be held on Tuesday 10th September at 1pm at County Hall, Preston. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting of the Employment Committee would be held on Tuesday 10 September 2024, 1.00 pm at County Hall, Preston.
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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.
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Recruitment to the Role of Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) and Transition Arrangements (Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.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).
Minutes: (Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.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.)
Lucy Thompson, Director of People and Heloise MacAndrew, Director of Law and Governance presented a private and confidential report which set out the proposed timetable and plan for the transition arrangements and recruitment to the permanent Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service role at Lancashire County Council.
It was requested that the selected recruitment partner be invited to attend the committee's next meeting on 10 September 2024.
Resolved: That
i) Mark Wynn, Executive Director of Resources be appointed Interim Chief Executive from 1 August 2024.
ii) The appointment of Mark Wynn, Executive Director of Resources to the role of Acting Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service be recommended to Full Council on 17 October 2024.
iii) The job description and person specification for the interim, acting and permanent appointments be approved.
iv) The selection and use of an external specialist executive recruitment partner for the permanent appointment process be approved.
v) The recruitment timeline for the next 12 months be approved and the Employment Committee dates required for selection activities be noted.
vi) The delegation of process arrangements to the Director of People be approved.
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