Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chairman for 2017/18

RESOLVED to elect Councillor W Gareth Roberts as Chair for the year 2017/18.

To elect a Vice Chair  for 2017/18.

Resolved to elect Councillor Alwyn Gruffydd as Vice Chair for 2017/18

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies were received from Councillors Peredur Jenkins, Eric M. Jones, Dyfrig Siencyn and Ioan Thomas

To receive any declaration of personal interest

None to note

To note any items that is a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

None to note

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the meeting of this committee held on 16.02.2017 be signed as a true record

The Chair signed the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee, held on 16 October 2017, as a true record.

The Chairman shall propose that the press and public be excluded from the

meeting during the discussion on the following item due to the likely disclosure of

exempt information as defined in paragraph 12, Part 4, Schedule 12A of the

Local Government Act 1972. This paragraph should apply because the report

contains information regarding individuals and the individuals in question are

entitled to privacy and there is no overriding public interest that requires the

disclosure of personal information relating to those individuals, nor their identities.

Consequently the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the

public interest in disclosing the information

RESOLVED to exclude the press and public from the meeting during the discussion on the following item due to the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 12, Section 4, Schedule 12A, Local Government Act 1972. This paragraph is relevant as the report includes information about specific individuals who have the right to privacy. There is no public interest that calls for disclosing personal information about these individuals. Consequently, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

It was agreed that the relevant Cabinet Member would be present to listen to the discussion

To consider applications by applicants

Information and application forms distributed to Committee members only

The Chair reported that only one application had been received for the post.

It was suggested that it would be possible to either:

-       Continue to draw up a shortlist

-       Consider readvertising

Proposed and seconded to continue with a shortlist

In response to an observation that Primary and Secondary School Headteachers had not applied for the post, the Chief Executive stated that he would conduct a survey with Headteachers to try to establish why more applications had not been received, in order to seek answers for the future.

RESOLVED TO PLACE THE APPLICANT ON THE SHORTLIST

Members were reminded that the interviews would be held on 8 November 2017.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Five questions and a presentation topic for the interview were circulated.

RESOLVED to send observations about the questions directly to the Chief Executive