Agenda and minutes

To appoint a Chair for the meeting.

RESOLVED that Cllr Mark Hawthorne be appointed as Chair for the meeting.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24 April 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 24 April 2019 were confirmed and signed as a correct record.

To answer any written public questions about matters which are within the powers and duties of the Committee.

The closing date/time for the receipt of questions is 10am on 29 August 2019. Please send questions to the Chief Executive marked for the attention of Simon Harper (email: simon.harper@gloucestershire.gov.uk).

No public questions had been received.

To answer any written members’ questions about matters which are within the powers and duties of the Committee.

The closing date/time for the receipt of questions is 10.00am on 29 August 2019.  Please send questions to the Chief Executive marked for the attention of Simon Harper (email: simon.harper@gloucestershire.gov.uk).

No member questions had been received.

The Sub-Committee is recommended to exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item on the agenda in accordance with the provisions of section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 which is:

Information relating to any individual (Schedule 12A:1).

Information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual (Schedule 12A:2).

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) (Schedule 12A:3).

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of agenda item 6 in accordance with the following provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972:

·      Information relating to an individual (Schedule 12A:1)

·      Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual (Schedule 12A:2)

·      Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (Schedule 12A:3)

The Committee is charged with interviewing candidates and if appropriate appoint a Director of Economy, Community & Infrastructure.

Cllr Mark Hawthorne and Cllr Paul Hodgkinson stated that they had both met one of the candidates on a previous occasion unrelated to the appointment process.  They confirmed that this would have no bearing on the decision-making process.

Four candidates were interviewed by the Appointments Sub-committee for the position of Director of Economy, Community and Infrastructure.

The suitability of the candidates was considered by means of a presentation on a topical subject and a formal interview. Questions asked during the interview covered the areas of technical expertise, strategic management, corporate working, culture change, performance culture, partnership working, leadership, people management and self-development.

Having considered all of the information available to the sub-committee, it was

RESOLVED that Colin Chick be offered the position of Director of Economy, Community and Infrastructure.

Post meeting note 5 September 2019:

Cllr Mark Hawthorne, as Leader of the Council and on behalf of the Cabinet, in accordance with the Council’s Employment Procedure Rules (Part 4 of the

Constitution), confirmed that he had no objections to the offer of employment to Colin Chick.