Agenda and minutes

Hybrid Meeting - in Committee Room1, Council Offices, Llangefni and Virtually via ZOOM, Standards Committee - Selection Panel - Tuesday, 26th September, 2023 2.00 pm

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Venue: Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Llangefni / Zoom

Items
No. Item

1.

Declaration of Interest

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

Minutes:

Councillor Dylan Rees declared a personal interest in Item 4 on the agenda.  He reported that he knows one on the applicants, having sat with him as a member of a Community Health Council.

 

2.

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To submit for confirmation a draft minute of the meeting of the Panel which took place on the 25 July 2023.

Minutes:

The minutes of the Selection Panel’s previous meeting held on 25 July 2023 were confirmed as correct.

3.

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To consider adoption of the following:-

 

“Under section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to exclude the press and public from the meeting during discussion on the following item on the grounds that it may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the said act and in the attached Public Interest Test.”

Minutes:

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 during discussion on the following item on the grounds that it may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A of the said Act and in the attached Public Interest Test.”

4.

To conduct interviews for the Role of Independent Member of the Standards Committee

To submit a report by the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer.

Minutes:

Submitted - a report by the Head of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer on the interview process for shortlisted candidates to be appointed to the vacant seat of an independent member on the Standards Committee.

 

The Chair welcomed each candidate to the meeting and introduced the Panel.  He gave each candidate an overview of the role of an independent member on the Standards Committee and explained the appointment process.

 

The candidates were considered against the criteria outlined in the report, and interviews were conducted by the Panel. 

 

As one of the candidates shortlisted for interview was unable to attend due to personal reasons, the Panel discussed and agreed to interview the candidate at a further date.

 

RESOLVED that the Selection Panel reconvene to interview the candidate in question and reach a decision on the appointment of an independent member to the Standards Committee at a date and time to be confirmed.