Agenda and minutes

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

Cllr Medland was substituted by Cllr Spink.

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2023.

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2023 be approved.

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

Councillor M Lilley declared an interest as a board member of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.

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 Monday, 6 November 2023.

There were no public questions

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 4.30pm on Tuesday, 7 November 2023.

There were no members questions

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.

RESOLVED:

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 30, 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)

The Committee advised that the decision had been difficult between two candidates however following discussion:

RESOLVED:

THAT the preferred candidate be offered the position of Director of Children’s Services subject to conditions, if they did not accept then second preference would be offered the position.