Agenda and draft minutes

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter

There were no disclosures of interest.

To approve as correct records, the Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 29^th January, 2018 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them

The minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 29 January 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

It was RESOLVED that the public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on that grounds that it was likely that, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, if members of the public were present during those items that there would be a disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

The Sub-Committee, having seen the presentations of each of the candidates invited for interview and satisfied themselves, by questioning them in turn, then deliberated on their individual merits.

After careful consideration of the relative strengths and experience of the candidates as indicated by their application, their presentation and by interview, the Sub-Committee agreed by a majority of 5 to 1 to appoint Helen Oakerbee to the post of Assistant Director of Planning, for an initial 12 month period, subject to the notification provisions of paragraph 14 of the Staff Employment Procedure Rules set out in part 4 of Havering’s Constitution.