Agenda and draft minutes

Employment Committee - Friday, 20th September, 2024 2.00 pm

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR

Contact: Governance Services 0113 37 88664 

Items
No. Item

1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor J Lewis be elected as Chair for the duration of the meeting.

2.

APPEALS AGAINST REFUSAL OF INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS

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)

 

Minutes:

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

 

3.

EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC

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.

Minutes:

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 Chief Executive / Head of Paid Service) 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.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

5.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence from the meeting submitted.

6.

GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS: RECRUITMENT TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE pdf icon PDF 397 KB

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

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 making a recommendation to Full Council in respect of the recruitment to the post of Chief Executive. In accordance with the Constitution, the Council’s Chief Executive is appointed as the Head of Paid Service.

 

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.

7.

APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE / HEAD OF PAID SERVICE pdf icon PDF 333 KB

To consider a report of the Chief Officer, Human Resources regarding recruitment to the position of Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service.

 

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chief HR Officer submitted a report which outlined the reasons and process for the recruitment to the post of Chief Executive/Head of Paid Service.

 

The Head of Human Resources together with a representative from the external agency procured to support the Council’s search and selection process were 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 details), 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 9 candidates be progressed to the technical interviews stage of the recruitment process, the outcomes from which will be reported back to the Employment Committee when reconvened.

 

(At this point, the meeting was adjourned)