Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence

Apologies for absence were submitted from Councillors Alistair Auty and Charles Margetts.

To receive any declarations of interest

There were no declarations of interest received.

To consider a report regarding short listing for the post of Director of Children’s Services (contains Part 2 sheets).

The Board received a report regarding short listing for the post of Director of Children’s Services.

The Personnel Board will exclude press and public in order to discuss the Part 2 sheets of Agenda Item 32 above and to do so it must pass a resolution in the following terms:

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

RESOLVED:  That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) as appropriate.

The Board considered a report submitted by Penna which contained feedback from the technical interviews that were carried out recently with the long listed candidates for the post of Director of Children’s Services.  Having due regard to the report the Board decided to take forward five candidates for short list interviews.

RESOLVED:  That

1)         the report submitted by the Executive Search firm Penna with regard to the long listed applicants who attended technical interviews during the week commencing 30 July, be reviewed.

2)         five candidates be taken forward for Short list interview.