Agenda and minutes

Councillors Elias and Sayer were nominated (by Councillors Milton and Botten respectively). Upon being put to a vote, Councillor Sayer was elected Chair.

It was resolved that this matter be dealt with in ‘Part 2’ as it disclosed exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to an individual).

            R E S O L V E D – that the recommendations within the report be adopted, i.e.:

A.         the role of the Head of Paid Service be delegated to the Executive Head of Corporate Resources from Monday, 26^th October 2020 until an interim or permanent member of staff is engaged into the Chief Executive post;

B.         the Executive Head of Corporate Resources be asked to:

(i)         commence work with the LGA from Friday, October 23rd to broker conversations with other local authorities with a view to providing interim cover on a shared service arrangement until a permanent replacement can be recruited and that any such proposals are brought back to the Sub-Committee for a decision as to whether or not to pursue further interviews with interims;

(ii)        collate and shortlist a selection of suitable candidates for both the interim and permanent appointments through the LGA, PENNA and SOLACE;

(iii)       prepare a recruitment framework for the interim appointment, including timeline and a set of interview questions (the LGA had offered to provide a technical assessor to sit on the panel to assist Sub-Committee members at no cost to the Council); and

(iv)      ensure full costings are prepared for each option.