Agenda and minutes

There were no appeals against refusal of inspection documents in accordance with Procedure Rule 19 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules.

RESOLVED - That the public be excluded from the meeting under the terms of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(1) and (2) and on the grounds that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information by reason of the need to maintain the competitive nature of the interview process and to retain information submitted by individual applicants in confidence, as disclosure could undermine the process, future appointment processes, or the outcome on this occasion to the detriment of the Council’s and public interest.

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-18 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.  Also to declare any other significant interests which the Member wishes to declare in the public interest, in accordance with paragraphs 19-20 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Although no formal declarations of interest were made, Councillor Yeadon advised the Committee that she had prior knowledge of some of the candidates involved in the process, due to her role as the Council’s Executive Member for Adult Social Care, whilst Councillor Lowe advised the Committee that she had prior knowledge of a candidate involved in the process, due to her role as Chief Executive of a community organisation.

To undertake the respective long listing exercises for the positions of Chief Officer (Access and Care) and Chief Officer (Adult Social Care Reforms).

(The substantive information for the meeting will be provided to the Committee by HR at the earliest opportunity)

Following the consideration of the applications for the post of Chief Officer (Access and Care) and Chief Officer (Adult Social Care Reforms) it was

Robert Lloyd, Vice Chair of Leeds Community Health and Sandie Keene, Director of Adult Social Services were in attendance for this item, in an advisory capacity.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That with respect to the position of Chief Officer (Access and Care), none of the applicants be long listed for further assessment, in order to enable a further recruitment exercise to be undertaken, which will aim to secure a wider pool of prospective candidates for this position, and therefore maximise the opportunity for a robust and competitive recruitment process.

(b)  That 9applicants be long listed for further assessment for the position of Chief Officer (Adult Social Care Reforms).