Agenda and minutes

To seek nomination(s) for the appointment of a Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

Nominations were sought for the appointment of the Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Paul Arnott was nominated and duly seconded and unanimously appointed as the Chair of the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

RESOLVED:

To appoint the Leader of Council, Councillor Paul Arnott as the Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

The Chair will ask for nomination(s) for the appointment of a Vice Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

The Chair invited nominations for the Vice Chair of the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

The Deputy Leader, Councillor John Loudoun, was nominated and having being proposed and seconded was unanimously appointed as the Vice Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

RESOLVED:

To appoint the Deputy Leader, Councillor John Loudoun as the Vice Chair for the LATCo Shareholder Committee.

To note the appointment of councillors to the LATCo Shareholder Committee. The following nominations have been submitted:  Leader of Council, Deputy Leader, Portfolio Holder for Environment – Operations, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Portfolio Holder for Place, Infrastructure & Strategic Planning.

The Chair confirmed that the membership of the LATCo Shareholder Committee would be: 

·        Leader of Council – Councillor Paul Arnott

·        Deputy Leader – Councillor John Loudoun

·        Portfolio Holder Environment – Operations – Councillor Geoff Jung

·        Portfolio Holder Finance – Councillor Sam Hawkins

·        Portfolio Holder Place, Infrastructure & Strategic Planning – Councillor Todd Olive

RESOLVED:

That the membership of the LATCo Shareholder Committee as set out above is noted.

There were none.

Guidance is available online to Councillors and co-opted members on making declarations of interest.

Information on public speaking is available online.

There were no members of the public registered to speak at the meeting.

Information on matters of urgency is available online

There were no matters of urgency.

To agree any items to be dealt with after the public (including the Press) have been excluded. 

There was one item of confidential/exempt business which was set out in Agenda Item 10.

To consider passing a resolution having been duly proposed and seconded under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting, on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure of exempt information, within the meaning of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

Having been duly proposed and seconded the LATCo Shareholder Committee RESOLVED:

That the press and public were excluded from the meeting, on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure of exempt information, within the meaning of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, Paragraph 2 (Information relating to any individual).

The LATCo Shareholder Committee received a report seeking the appointment of a Managing Director of the LATCo.

The committee received a verbal update from the Chair of the Recruitment Panel.

Having been duly proposed and seconded the LATCo Shareholder Committee unanimously approved the recommendations.

RESOLVED:

That the LATCo Shareholder Committee approve:

1.     That the preferred candidate is candidate A.

2.     That the reserve candidate is B.

3.     That upon the LATCo being established instructs the Directors of the LATCo to appoint the preferred candidate to the role of Managing Director.

4.     That in the event that it is not possible to appoint the preferred candidate, instruct the Directors of the LATCo to appoint the Reserve Candidate as the Managing Director, following consultation with the Interim Director of Place.

5.     That delegated authority is given to the Interim Director of Place to determine and negotiate relevant terms of appointment for the Managing Director as set out at paragraph 4.2 of the exempt report.