Agenda and minutes

To note any changes in membership of the Committee made in accordance with Part 4B paragraph 5 of the Constitution.

Councillor Quirk was substituting for Councillor Ellis.

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 August 2022.

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 10 August 2022 be approved.

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

There were no declarations at this stage.

Questions may be asked without notice but to guarantee a full reply at the meeting, a question must be put including the name and address of the questioner by delivery in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services at democratic.services@iow.gov.uk, no later than two clear working days before the start of the meeting. Therefore the deadline for written questions will be Friday, 7 October 2022.

There were no public questions received.

To consider any matters which, in the Chairman’s opinion, are urgent.

There was no urgent business

A question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services no later than 10am on Monday, 10 October 2022.

There were no Member questions submitted.

To consider passing a resolution that, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business, namely Agenda item number 8, on the grounds that there is likely to be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

That, under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business, namely minute number 26, on the grounds that there is likely to be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, namely ‘information relating to any individual’ (paragraph 1), ‘information which is likely to reveal the identity of an individual’ (paragraph 2), and ‘information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)’ (paragraph 3).

To review the applications received and determine a shortlist in readiness for the next stage in the recruitment process.

The Committee discussed the applications received for the Chief Executive and head of paid service appointment and agreed those shortlisted for interview based on the job description and person specification that had been provided.

The Committee considered the topic of the presentation and questions to be asked by them during the interview.

RESOLVED:

THAT The committee shortlist applications for the appointment of a Chief Executive and head of paid service in accordance with the job description and person specification in appendix 2 be agreed.