Meeting documents

1

APOLOGIES

No apologies were received.

2

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declaration of interest were received from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

3

EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

RESOLVED to adopt the following :-

" Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1, Part I of Schedule 12A of the said Act."

Clarification was requested regarding if Councillor J. Arthur Jones was allowed to be present during discussions at the meeting as an Observer.  The Members of the Committee requested that the Director of Legal Services/Monitoring Officer should be requested to attend the meeting to clarify the matter.

The Director of Legal Services/Monitoring Officer referred the Members to the Council's Contitution and specifically to Section 4.1.8 as follows :-

4.1.8.1   Where a resolution is passed excluding the public from a Meeting (whether of the Executive or any Committee or Sub-Committee) that exlusion shall not be deemed to apply to any Member of the Council but all Members will be required to observe confidentiality in respect of any matter raised or discussed when the public is excluded.  This right to remain in the Meeting does not include a right to speak unless such a right is reserved elsewhere in this Consitution.This right   does not override the obligations of a Member of the Council to declare an interest and/or leave a Meeting if he has an interest in a matter to be discussed.    

4.1.8.2  This right does not extend to Meetings of any body when it is considering an appeal, staffing grievance or any similar appellate jurisdiction and the decision of the Monitoring Officer, or an Officer acting on his/her behalf, as to whether or not this exclusion of the right applies shall be final and binding on all concerned.

Following the above advice the Members agreed that Councillor J.A. Jones be allowed to stay at the meeting as an Observer.

4

APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR

Submitted - a report by the Head of Service (Corporate Services) in relation to the above.

Detailed discussions took place in respect of a series of short papers attached to the report in respect of :-

Section A          -     Key Messages/Issues

Section B          -     Job Description and Person Specification

Section C          -     Tenure

Section D          -     The Employment Package

Section E          -     The Proposed Selection Process

Section F          -     The Proposed Timetable

Section G          -     The Candidate Information Package

Section H          -     Supporting the Process

Section I          -     Publicising the Vacancy

The Officer reported that the proposed recruitment timetable and process should be :-

16 - 26 March, 2006          -          Press/Web Advertising

16 March, 2006          -          Microsite will go live (on line until 13 April, 2006)

16 March - 13 April, 2006     -          Search Activities

13 April, 2006 (12 noon)     -          Closing date for receipt of applications

19 April, 2006          -          Appointments Committee Longlisting

26-27 April, 2006          -          Structured Interviews of Longlisted candidates

2 May, 2006               -          Appointments Committee Final Shortlist

3 - 10 May, 2006          -          Individual completion & return of OPQ questionnaires

12 May               -          Assessment Centre for shortlisted candidates

24 May               -          Special Council Meeting

It was RESOLVED to recommend to the County Council that :-

4.1

the post of Managing Director shall be offered for a fixed term contract not exceeding 4 years.

4.2

the proposed revised job role description and person specification be approved.

4.3

the salary for the post of Managing Director be £120,000 per annum together with a performance reward scheme to be determined.   The successful candidate will be offered the facility of a leased car as an alternative to Essential User Allowance.

4.4

the ability to communicate effectively through the medium of Welsh is considered essential.

4.5

dependent upon the proximity of current home location, the individual appointed to the post may be expected to relocate to the Island.

4.6

the recruitment process should be dealt with in-house but with qualified assistance to administer the proposed psychometrics.

4.7

the full Appointments Committee be involved in the selection processes prior to interviews by full Council.

4.7

to agree to the proposed recruitment timetable and selection process as noted above, together with the related arrangements for candidate information and publicising the vacancy as outlined by the Head of Service (Corporate Services).  

COUNCILLOR PETER S. ROGERS

CHAIRMAN