Agenda

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

The Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules require that the public must be excluded from meetings whenever it is likely that in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, or the nature of the proceedings that confidential information would be disclosed. As such, the personal information contained in an appendix to the relevant report within this agenda which identifies individuals in the form of application details, is designated as being confidential under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 9. Therefore, when the committee considers this information, the public must be excluded from the meeting.

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting.

To consider the report of the City Solicitor which provides an overview of the governance arrangements and format of this specific Employment Committee.

To consider a report of the Interim Assistant Chief Executive – People, Digital and Change regarding recruitment to the position of Chief Digital Information Officer.

(Please note that Appendix 2 to this report is designated as being confidential under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 9).

Recording of this meeting is allowed to enable those not present to see or hear the proceedings either as they take place (or later) and to enable the reporting of those proceedings.  A copy of the recording protocol is available from the contacts named on the front of this agenda.

Use of Recordings by Third Parties– code of practice

a)  Any published recording should be accompanied by a statement of when and where the recording was made, the context of the discussion that took place, and a clear identification of the main speakers and their role or title.

b)  Those making recordings must not edit the recording in a way that could lead to misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the proceedings or comments made by attendees.  In particular there should be no internal editing of published extracts; recordings may start at any point and end at any point but the material between those points must be complete.