North Yorkshire Council
Chief Officers Appointments and Disciplinary Committee
Minutes of the meeting held at Meeting Room 3 - County Hall commencing on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 12.45 pm.
Councillors Gareth Dadd, Michael Harrison, Carl Les OBE, Mark Crane, Kevin Foster, Janet Sanderson and Neil Swannick.
Councillors Janet Jefferson and Peter Lacey attended the meeting remotely via Teams.
Officers present: Richard Flinton, Trudy Forster, Sarah Louise France-Gorton, Daniel Harry.
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Copies of all documents considered are in the Minute Book
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Election of a Chair
Nominations were invited and the vote taken.
Resolved –
That Councillor Carl Les OBE be appointed.
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Apologies for Absence
Apologies were received from Cllr Steve Shaw-Wright and Councillor Neil Swannick attended as his substitute.
Apologies has previously been received from Councillor Janet Sanderson and it was planned that Councillor Annabel Wilkinson would act as her substitute but Councillor Janet Sanderson was able to attend the meeting.
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Exclusion of the Public
It was unanimously agreed to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of items 4 and 7 on the grounds that it involves the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.
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Minutes of the previous meeting
That the public and private minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2025 having been printed and circulated, were taken as read, confirmed and signed by the Chair as a correct record.
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Declarations of Interest
There were none.
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Public questions/statements
There were none.
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Proposed recruitment and selection process for the post of Corporate Director Resources (Section 151 Officer)
The minute of this section of the meeting is private, as the public were excluded.
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Any other items
There were none.
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The meeting concluded at 1.10 pm.