Agenda and decisions

Personnel Committee - Friday 14th October 2022 10.30 am

Venue: Reception Room - Town Hall, Huddersfield. View directions

Contact: Andrea Woodside  Email: andrea.woodside@kirklees.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership of the Committee

To receive any apologies for absence, or notice of substitution.

Decision:

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors Paul Davies, Firth, Greaves, Scott and D Hall,

 

2.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 330 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 14 March 2022.

Decision:

RESOLVED – That the minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2022 be approved as a correct record.

 

3.

Interests

Councillors will be asked to advise if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion or vote upon the item, or any other interests.

Decision:

No interests were declared.

 

4.

Admission of the Public

The Committee shall be advised whether any matters shall be considered in private, by virtue of the reports containing information which falls within a category of exempt information as contained at Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Decision:

It was noted that all agenda items would be considered in public session.

 

5.

Deputation/Petitions

The Committee will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public.

 

A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.  

 

Decision:

No deputations or petitions were received.

6.

Public Question Time

The Committee will receive any questions from the general public.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11 (5), the period for the asking and answering of public questions shall not exceed 15 minutes.

 

Decision:

No questions were asked.

 

7.

Update on Senior Management Arrangements pdf icon PDF 223 KB

To receive an update on senior management arrangements and consider proposals for recruitment to the post of Service Director – Finance.

 

Contact: Jacqui Gedman, Chief Executive / Shauna Coyle, Head of People

Decision:

RESOLVED

1)    That the Committee notes the successful recruitment to the Service Director, Family Support and Child Protection Role

2)    That agreement be given to commence recruitment to the role of Service Director for Finance (Section 151 Officer).

 

3)    That a Member Appointment Panel be convened to recruit to the post as set out in (2) above.