North Yorkshire County Council

 

Chief Officer Appointments and Disciplinary sub-committee

 

Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 11 January 2023, commencing at 11.00am.

 

County Councillor Carl Les  in the Chair and County Councillors Mark Crane, Gareth Dadd, Kevin Foster, Bryn Griffiths, Bob Packham (substitute for County Councillor Shaw-Wright),  Stuart Parsons, John Weighell OBE, Greg White (substitute for County Councillor Harrison) and Annabel Wilkinson (substitute for County Councillor Janet Sanderson).

 

Officers: Richard Flinton, Chief Executive; Justine Brooksbank, Assistant Chief Executive

(Business Support); and Daniel Harry, Legal and Democratic Services.

 

Apologies: County Councillors Michael Harrison, Janet Sanderson and Steve Shaw-Wright.

 

 

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 County Councillor Carl Les be appointed.     

 

 

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Exclusion of the Public

 

It was unanimously agreed to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of items 3 and 6 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

 

The minutes of the meeting held on 21 December 2022 were agreed as an accurate record.

 

 

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Declarations of Interest

 

County Councillors John Weighell OBE noted that he had been a board member of Yorkshire Forward when one of the candidates worked at Yorkshire Forward.  However, he confirmed that he did not recall ever working with them.

 

 

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Public Questions and Statements

 

There were none.

 

 

 

 

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To interview for the post of Corporate Director Community Development

 

Considered –

 

Three formal interviews of shortlisted candidates for the post of Corporate Director Community Development were undertaken.

 

Prior to the commencement of the interviews, Justine Brooksbank, Assistant Chief Executive (Business Support), gave an overview of the process and feedback from earlier assessment sessions.

 

The Sub-Committee finalised their questions and lines of enquiry and conducted the three interviews.  After deliberation and reflection upon all the information conveyed throughout the process, Members’ arrived at their decision.

 

Resolved –

 

That candidate Nicholas Harne is offered the post of North Yorkshire Council’s Corporate Director of Community Development subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances and approval by County Council at their meeting on 22 February 2023. That the offer would be within the pay, terms and conditions agreed at the previous Committee meeting on 24th November 2023, which is subject to Full Council approval and as published in the vacancy advertisement, no negotiation outside of these terms.

 

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Any other business which the Chair agrees should be considered
as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

There was none.

 

 

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The meeting concluded at 3:30pm.

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