Agenda and draft minutes

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

RESOLVED – That Councillor D Coupar be elected as 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)

There were no appeals against refusal of inspection of documents received.

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.

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 within appendix 2 to agenda item 7 (Appointment of the Chief Digital Information Officer) which identifies individuals in the form of application details, is designated as being confidential under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 9. In line with this Procedure Rule, the committee went into private session at the point they began to consider the information designated as confidential.

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

There were no declarations made during the meeting.

To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting.

There were no declarations made during 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.

The City Solicitor submitted a report which provided Members with an overview of the governance arrangements and format for this specific Employment Committee which had responsibility for recruitment to the position of Chief Digital Information Officer.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the governance arrangements and format relating to the Employment Committee, as detailed in the submitted report, be noted;

(b)  That the Council’s requirements regarding the consideration and   disclosure of confidential information, be noted.

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).

The Interim Assistant Chief Executive – People, Digital & Change submitted a report which outlined the process for the recruitment to the position of Chief Digital Information Officer.

The Interim Assistant Chief Executive – People, Digital & Change was in attendance at the meeting in an advisory capacity.

Having considered the publicly accessible parts of the submitted report and appendices, as required, the Committee went into private session at this point in order to consider the information contained within Appendix 2 to the submitted report (candidates’ application information), which had been designated as being confidential under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 9.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report, be noted;

(b)  That 1 candidate be shortlisted for formal interview.

(At this point, the meeting was adjourned)