Meeting documents

Employment Committee
Wednesday, 22nd May, 2019 10.45 am

Business Items
1Notification/election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the Municipal Year 2019/20
 As appropriate
2Public Participation (Standing Order 17)
 The Committee will hear any person who wishes to address it in accordance with the Standing Orders. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each person will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation. This section of the meeting must not exceed 30 minutes and discussion must not refer to a current planning application. Details of the request in respect of Public Participation will be circulated to Members in their pigeon holes prior to the meeting.
3Apologies for absence and notification of substitutes
4Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (Standing Order 37)
 A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.
5Minutes 02 April 2019
 To approve as a correct record
 Minutes - 5 emp minute 020419-dr29564 
6Matters referred by Council, the Executive, other committees or panels
 If any
7Exclusion of the press and public
 The Committee will be invited to pass the following resolution –

'(1) That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.'

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

'(2) That members of the Council who are not members of this Committee be invited to remain.'
8Interviews for Director of Finance post (Exempt item)
 The Committee will conduct formal interviews with shortlisted candidates - job pack attached. Exempt applications/CVs to follow
 Other - 8 Job Pack Director of Finance post 
9Urgent business permitted by the local Government Act 1972
 Any item of business which the Chairman is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances (to be specified in the Minutes). For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed:

'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?' If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions.