Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies.

In accordance with the revised local Code of Conduct, a councillor is required to disclose at the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest (DPI) that they may have in respect of any matter for consideration on this agenda.  Any councillor with a DPI must notparticipate in any discussion or vote regarding that matter and they must also withdraw from the meeting immediately before consideration of the matter.

If that DPI has not been registered, the councillor must notify the Monitoring Officer of the details of the DPI within 28 days of the date of the meeting.

There were no disclosures of interest.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Employment Committee held on 26 January 2017.

The Committee approved the minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2017. The chairman signed the minutes.

The Committee is asked to consider passing the following resolution:-

"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 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act indicated below".

The Committee

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 on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

Appendices 7-10 to follow - OPQ Assessments

The Committee noted that, in the light of the recent appointment of James Whiteman as the Council’s new Managing Director with effect from 1 June 2017, the Council had sought to recruit a new Director of Environment, who would be part of the Council’s Corporate Management Team.

The vacancy had been advertised on a national basis and a total of 44 applications had been received.  From those applications, eight were assessed as being suitable and were invited to long-list interviews.  Following this process, four candidates had been invited to attend for formal interview by the Committee.

Having interviewed the four candidates, the Committee

RESOLVED:  That, subject to no well-founded objections being received from the Leader of the Council in accordance with the provisions of the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001, Richard Shwe – currently Head of Commercial and Development at St Albans City and District Council – be appointed as the Council’s Director of Environment with effect from 1 June 2017.

Reason for Decision:

To appoint the most suitable candidate as the Council’s new Director of Environment.