Agenda and 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

The following interests were disclosed:

Agenda Item 6 - APPOINTMENT TO THE POST OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - PUBLIC REALM.

Councillor Osman Dervish, Personal, had met two candidates in a work role previously.

Agenda item 6 -APPOINTMENT TO THE POST OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - PUBLIC REALM.

Councillor Robert Benham, Personal, had met two candidates in a work role previously.

To approve as correct records, the Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 29 January 2021 (attached) and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 29 January 2021 were agreed as a correct record and would be signed at a later date.

To consider whether the public should now be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the grounds that it is 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 these items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972; and, if it is decided to exclude the public on these grounds, the Sub-Committee to resolve accordingly on the motion of the Chairman.

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

Report attached (Appendix B not available to press or public).

After careful consideration of the relative strengths and experiences of the candidates, as indicated by the application, the presentation, and by interview, the Sub-Committee agreed by 5 votes to 0 with one abstention to appoint Josephine Falco to the post of Assistant Director – Public Realm subject to the notification provisions of paragraph 14 of the Staff Employment Procedure Rules set out in part 4 of Havering’s Constitution.