Agenda and minutes

Special Meeting, Council - Thursday, 21st October, 2021 2.00 pm

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

Councillors Rhodri Davies, Dafydd Edwards, Endaf Edwards, Elaine Evans, Paul Hinge, Maldwyn Lewis, Hag Harris, Alun Lloyd Jones, Lyndon Lloyd MBE, Rowland Rees-Evans, John Roberts, Mark Strong, Lynford Thomas and Matthew Woolfall Jones.

2.

Disclosure of personal / prejudicial interests

Minutes:

Ni ddatgelwyd unrhw fuddiannau

3.

Personal matters

Minutes:

Nid oedd unrhyw faterion personol

4.

EXEMPT ITEM

The report (Enclosure B) relating to the item below are not for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in paragraph 12 and 13 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007.

 

If, following the application of the Public Interest Test, the Council resolves to consider this item in private, the public and press will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration, in accordance with Section 100B(2) of the Act.

 

Members will be requested, when dealing with the items, to consider whether to exclude the public and press from the Meeting.

 

Minutes:

The report relating to item 5 on the agenda, Enclosure B is not for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in paragraph 12 and 13 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007. If, following the application of the Public Interest Test, the Council resolves  to consider this item in private, the public and press will be excluded from the meeting during such consideration, in accordance with Section 100B(2) of the Act.

 

Members were requested, when dealing with the item, to consider whether to exclude the public and press from the Meeting.

 

It was RESOLVED to exclude the public and press during consideration of item 5 below on the basis that the application contained personal information which should not, on balance, be disclosed to the public and press.

 

The Chairman confirmed that the meeting would not be broadcasted during item 5 below.

5.

Post of Corporate Director pdf icon PDF 5 MB

Minutes:

The Council received a presentation and response to set questions from the applicants who had been shortlisted for appointment to the vacant post of Corporate Director. Feedback was also provided by the Chair of the Shortlisting Committee and the Chief Executive.

 

Consideration was given to the salary that would be offered. It was noted that guidance contained in Welsh Government’s “Pay Accountability in Local Government in Wales” recommends that Council is provided with the opportunity to vote on salary packages of £100,000 or over.

 

Following a vote, it was RESOLVED that the post be offered on a salary of £97,294, the first incremental point on the Corporate Director pay scale.

 

Council RESOLVED to reflect on the interviews overnight and to reconvene at 12.30pm, Friday, 22nd October 2021.

 

The meeting was reconvened on Friday, 22nd October 2021 via video-conference.

 

Procedure

The Chairman reminded all present that the public and press were to be excluded during consideration of the item below on the basis that the application contained personal information which should not, on balance, be disclosed to the public and press.

 

Following a vote via ballot, in accordance with Standing Orders, it was RESOLVED to offer the post to Mr. James Starbuck.

 

The successful candidate then re-entered the meeting and, on being offered the post, Mr James Starbuck accepted the position on a salary of £97,294 which is on the first incremental point of the Corporate Director pay scale, effective from the 1st January 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter and subject to the required pre-employment checks.

 

The public and press were then invited to enter the meeting. The Chairman confirmed that the public and the press could now enter the meeting.

 

The Chairman confirmed that Mr. James Starbuck had been offered and accepted the position starting on the first incremental point of at the Corporate Director pay scale of £97,294, effective from the 1st January 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.