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RESOLVED That Councillor Jon Harvey be elected as Chair.
RESOLVED That Catrin Mathias be appointed to the role of Head of Property at Pembrokeshire County Council.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That Councillor Jon Harvey be elected as Chair.
Moved by Councillor Di Clements; Seconded by Councillor Huw Murphy. The vote was taken by way of a show of hands and carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Jon Harvey be elected as Chair.
Moved by Councillor Steve Alderman; Seconded by Councillor Tessa Hodgson. The vote was taken by way of a show of hands and carried. RESOLVED That Councillor Paul Miller be elected as Vice-Chair.
There were no declarations of interest made at this point in the meeting.
Moved by Councillor Jon Harvey; Seconded by Councillor Huw Murphy. The vote was taken by way of a show of hands and carried. Councillor Steve Alderman abstained from voting as he was not a Member of the Committee at that time. RESOLVED That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 17 April 2025 be approved as a correct record.
The Chair invited Ms Rebecca Hopkin from Gatenby Sanderson to provide a brief overview of the recruitment process. Ms Hopkin explained that the process began with a four-week extensive nationwide search, closing on 10 June. Targeted advertising was conducted along with high-impact social media activity and outreach through Gatenby Sanderson’s networks. A total of 113 targeted individuals were approached directly, resulting in 18 formal applications. Eight candidates were selected for preliminary interviews held on 18 June, conducted by Gatenby Sanderson and a technical assessor. Of the eight candidates, five were deemed suitable for further consideration and proceeded to Stakeholder and Management Panel interviews held on 14 July. Following those interviews, two candidates were shortlisted for final consideration by the Senior Staff Committee.
The Committee considered excluding the public from the next item of business, as it involved the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. Moved by Councillor Jon Harvey; Seconded by Councillor Di Clements. The vote, undertaken by way of a roll call, was carried. The votes were recorded as follows: For the Motion: Councillors Steve Alderman, Di Clements, Jon Harvey, Tessa Hodgson, Paul Miller, Huw Murphy and Anji Tinley [7] There were no votes against or abstentions. 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 of 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 was then paused.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED That Catrin Mathias be appointed to the role of Head of Property 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 Property. The Committee then interviewed the two short-listed candidates for the post ofHead of Property. The Committee then considered each candidate having regard to the Job Description, Person specification for the post and their performance. The Committee also considered feedback from the Management and Stakeholder Panels. Councillor Tessa Hodgson Moved that Catrin Mathias be appointed to the role of Head of Property; Seconded by Councillor Di Clements. The Motion was put to the vote by way of a show of hands and carried. RESOLVED That Catrin Mathias be appointed to the role of Head of Property at Pembrokeshire County Council.
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