Agenda and draft minutes

Appointments Committee - Friday, 15 September 2023 9.30am

Venue: The Bowler Room - Level 5, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4TR

Contact: Steve Dickens, Democratic Services Officer 

Items
No. Item

251.

Election of the Chairperson

Minutes:

Councillor Curry was elected as Chairperson for this meeting. 

252.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Maple and Murray.

253.

Record of the meeting

To agree that the Chairperson, after consultation with other members of the committee, sign the record of this meeting outside the meeting.

Minutes:

It was agreed that the Chairperson, after consultation with the other members of the Committee, sign the record of this meeting outside the meeting. 

254.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests pdf icon PDF 371 KB

Members are invited to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Significant Interests in accordance with the Member Code of Conduct. Guidance on this is set out in agenda item 4.

Minutes:

Disclosable pecuniary interests

 

There were none.

 

Other significant interests (OSIs)

 

There were none.

 

Other interests

 

Councillors Curry, Filmer, Gulvin and Mahil declared that two of the candidates were known to them. Councillor Khan declared that three of the candidates were known to her.

255.

Exclusion of the press and public pdf icon PDF 135 KB

This report summarises the content of agenda item 6, which, in the opinion of the proper officer, contains exempt information within one of the categories in Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. It is a matter for the Committee to determine whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of documents.

Minutes:

The press and public were excluded from the meeting during consideration of the exempt material relating to agenda item 6 because consideration of these matters in public would disclose information falling within paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as specified in agenda item 5, and, in all the circumstances of the case, the Committee considered that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information. 

256.

Appointment to the post of Assistant Director, Culture and Community

This contains exempt information as described at paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

It was agreed that Mark Breathwick be appointed to the post of Assistant Director, Culture and Community.