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 5 September 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 5 September 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 4 March 2020. 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 4 March 2020. 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 candidate(s) and if appropriate appoint a Director of Policy Performance and Governance.

One candidate was interviewed by the Appointments Sub-committee for the position of Director of Policy, Performance and Governance, including the statutory position of Monitoring Officer.

The suitability of the candidate was considered by means of a formal interview. Questions asked covered the areas of technical expertise, strategic management, corporate working, culture change, performance culture, partnership working, leadership, people management and self-development.  Specific questions were also asked relating to the role of the Monitoring Officer.

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

RESOLVED that Rob Ayliffe be offered the position of Director of Policy, Performance and Governance (including Monitoring Officer)

Post meeting note 11 March 2020:

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 appointment of Rob Ayliffe as Director of Policy, Performance and Governance.