Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that Councillor Alan Hall be elected as Chair for the Municipal

Year 2014-15.

None were made.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on March 12 2014 be

confirmed and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972,

the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of

business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt

information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act,

and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public

interest in disclosing the information.

5.         Chief Executive’s Working Arrangements.

The report was introduced by the Head of Personnel & Development who

reminded the Committee they had previously agreed there should be

regularly scheduled reviews of the Chief Executive’s working arrangements.

The Head of Personnel & Development advised the Committee that he had

interviewed the Mayor, the Chair of Overview & Scrutiny and all Executive

Directors and all shared the conclusion that the working arrangements

previously agreed continued to be practical and effective. He advised the

Committee the financial arrangements represented an ongoing cost saving to

the Council and that the initial increased demand on the Pension Fund had

been totally recouped.

The Chair asked for further information on the input of Stephen Taylor of

Blakesley Associates. The Head of Personnel & Development stated Mr

Taylor had reviewed all of his findings and the comments he had provided

were included verbatim in the report. The Mayor added that he found the

comments helpful and that operationally a further review at the end of 2016

appeared appropriate.

RESOLVED that

(1) the results of the review be received and the arrangements put in place be

endorsed; and

(2) a further similar review be undertaken at the end of 2016.

The meeting closed at 4.14pm.