Agenda and draft minutes

Employment Committee - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 11.00 am

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

Contact: Committee Services 

Items
No. Item

(*Having submitted apologies for absence from the shortlisting session held on 29 January 2025, Councillor C Anderson attended the interviews session on 7 February 2025.

 

**Having submitted apologies for absence from the interviews session held on 7 February 2025, Councillor S Arif attended the shortlisting session on 29 January 2025).

1.

ELECTION OF CHAIR

To elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That Councillor F Venner 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 Democratic 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 the Chief Officer – Resources and Strategy) 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, however, Councillor Venner brought it to the attention of the Committee that she knew one of the candidates.

5.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence from the meeting.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence from the meeting had been submitted by Councillor C Anderson in respect of the shortlisting session held on 29 January 2025 and by Councillor S Arif in respect of the interviews session held on 7 February 2025.

6.

GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS: RECRUITMENT TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF OFFICER RESOURCES & STRATEGY IN THE ADULTS & HEALTH DIRECTORATE pdf icon PDF 141 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 recruitment to the position of Chief Officer Resources and Strategy within the Adults and Health directorate.

 

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 THE CHIEF OFFICER RESOURCES & STRATEGY pdf icon PDF 340 KB

To consider a report of the Interim Assistant Chief Executive – People, Digital and Change regarding recruitment to the position of Chief Officer Resources & Strategy (Adults & Health Directorate).

 

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Interim Assistant Chief Executive – People, Digital and Change submitted a report which outlined the process for recruitment to the position of Chief Officer Resources and Strategy within the Adults and Health directorate.

 

The Director of Adults and Health together with the Deputy Head of Human Resources 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 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)