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RESOLVED That Councillor David Simpson be elected as Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
RESOLVED That Councillor Paul Miller be elected as Vice-Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
RESOLVED That Ms Rhian Young be appointed to the role of Head of Law and Governance at Pembrokeshire County Council.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That Councillor David Simpson be elected as Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
Moved by Councillor Paul Miller; Seconded by Councillor Elwyn Morse. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That Councillor David Simpson be elected as Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That Councillor Paul Miller be elected as Vice-Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
Moved by Councillor David Simpson; Seconded by Councillor Tessa Hodgson. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Paul Miller be elected as Vice-Chair of the Senior Staff Committee.
There were no apologies for absence.
There were no Declarations of Interest received.
Moved by Councillor David Simpson; Seconded by Councillor Elwyn Morse. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 28 April 2022 be approved as a correct record.
Councillor David Simpson Moved that the public be excluded from the meeting; Seconded by Councillor Di Clements. Councillor Di Clements sought clarification in regards to an update on the recruitment process to date. In response, Mr Lowe from Gatenby Sanderson stated that they had undertaken a four week campaign which included advertising the post as well as proactively approaching people they considered likely potential candidates. He highlighted that at the end of the four weeks there were nine candidates, six of whom were selected for the first of three rounds of interviews. Gatenby Sanderson also engaged the services of a technical assessor, who considered five of the six candidates to be technically able to do the job. He then stated that a further session with the Chief Executive, Assistant Chief Executive and a stakeholder panel of other Senior Officers was held, with three of the five candidates being shortlisted for the final interview. The vote, undertaken by way of a show of hands, was carried. RESOLVED That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 as it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Act; and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The webcast of the meeting was then stopped.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That Ms Rhian Young be appointed to the role of Head of Law and Governance at Pembrokeshire County Council.
The Committee convened in private session under the terms of Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 to interview applicants for the post of Head of Law and Governance. The Committee then interviewed the three short-listed candidates for the post of Head of Law and Governance. The Committee then considered each candidate having regard to the Job Description, Person specification for the post and their performance. Councillor Paul Miller Moved that Ms Rhian Young be appointed to the role of Head Law and Governance; Seconded by Councillor Jacob Williams. The Motion was put to the vote and carried. RESOLVED That Ms Rhian Young be appointed to the role of Head of Law and Governance at Pembrokeshire County Council.
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