To elect a Chairman of the Special Council Executive Committee for the 2018/19 Municipal Year.

Councillor John Kaiser was elected Chairman of the Special Council Executive Committee for the 2018/19 Municipal Year.

To appoint a Vice Chairman of the Special Council Executive Committee for the 2018/19 Municipal Year.

Councillor Bill Soane was appointed Vice Chairman of the Special Council Executive Committee for the 2018/19 Municipal Year.

To receive any apologies for absence

An apology for absence was submitted from Councillor Simon Weeks.

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 January 2017.

The Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 27 January 2017 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive any declarations of interest

There were no declarations of interest received.

To answer any public questions

The Council welcomes questions from members of the public about the item included within this agenda.

Subject to meeting certain timescales, questions can relate to the items which are on the agenda for this meeting.  For full details of the procedure for submitting questions please contact the Democratic Services Section on the numbers given below or go to www.wokingham.gov.uk/publicquestions

There were no public questions received.

To answer any Member questions relating to the item included within this agenda

There were no Member questions received.

Council is required to appoint statutory officers, including the Director of Children’s Services and the Director of Adult Social Services.

Following the departure of Paul Senior, the Interim Director of People Services, it is necessary to appoint Officers who will have responsibility for the statutory children’s and adults’ social care functions.   It is therefore proposed to appoint, on an interim basis, Lisa Humphreys to the statutory role of Director of Children’s Services and Martin Sloan to the statutory role of Director of Adult Social Services.

RECOMMENDATION:  That Lisa Humphreys be appointed to the statutory role of Director of Children’s Services and Martin Sloan to the statutory role of Director of Adult Social Services on an interim basis with immediate effect.

The Committee considered the appointment of Lisa Humphreys to the statutory role of Director of Children’s Services and Martin Sloan to the statutory role of Director of Adult Social Services on an interim basis following the departure of the Director of People’s Services who had previously undertaken both these roles.  It was noted that Council was required to appoint to these two statutory roles. 

Manjeet Gill advised the Committee that the appointments were being proposed on an interim basis and that Personnel Board would be considering a more permanent arrangement at its meeting on 19 June 2018.

RESOLVED:  That Lisa Humphreys be appointed to the statutory role of Director of Children’s Services and Martin Sloan to the statutory role of Director of Adult Social Services on an interim basis with immediate effect.