Agenda and minutes

People, Performance and Development Committee - Thursday, 25 August 2016 4.00 pm

Venue: Chief Executive's Office, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2DN

Contact: Andrew Baird 

Items
No. Item

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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

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    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from the chairman of the Committee, Mr David Hodge. In his absence the meeting was chaired by Mr Peter Martin, vice-chairman of the Committee.

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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

     

    Notes:

    ·         In line with the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012, declarations may relate to the interest of the member, or the member’s spouse or civil partner, or a person with whom the member is living as husband or wife, or a person with whom the member is living as if they were civil partners and the member is aware they have the interest.

    ·         Members need only disclose interests not currently listed on the Register of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

    ·         Members must notify the Monitoring Officer of any interests disclosed at the meeting so they may be added to the Register.

    ·         Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

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QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS

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    To receive any questions or petitions.

     

    Notes:

    1.  The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (19 August 2016).

    2.  The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (18 August 2016).

    3.  The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

     

     

    Minutes:

    There were none.

90/16

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

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    Recommendation: That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government

    Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

     

     

     

     

    PART TWO – IN PRIVATE

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED: That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

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Senior Appointment of Chief Finance Officer for the Orbis Joint Partnership

    For the People, Performance and Development Committee to discuss the candidate for the role of Director of Finance for Surrey County Council and East Sussex County Council, as part of the Orbis Partnership, with the Chief Executive and to agree the appointment of the Director of Finance subject to an informal discussion with the candidate.

     

Minutes:

Declarations of interest:

None

 

Witnesses:

David McNulty, Chief Executive

RahkiSaigal, Head of HR Operations

 

Key points raised during the discussion:

1.    The Chief Executive introduced the report and informed Members that this item was to confirm the appointment of the proposed candidate to the role of Director of Finance for the Orbis Joint Partnership. He explained that there was a process in place to move towards single points of leadership across the Orbis Partnership and that this role would provide a strong strategic finance lead.

2.    The Committee asked a number of questions which were responded to by the officers present before moving to recommendations.

 

Actions/ further information to be provided:

The Vice-Chairman of the Committee and Mr Nick Harrison to have an informal conversation with the successful candidate about her vision for the role at a later date and provide feedback on this to the rest of the Committee at its next meeting.

 

RESOLVED:

That the People, Performance and Development Committee agreed to appoint Sheila Little to the role of Director of Finance for the Orbis Partnership.

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Pay Policy Exceptions August 2016

    The People, Performance and Development Committee (PPDC) acts as the Council’s Remuneration Committee under delegated powers in accordance with the Constitution of the County Council. The purpose of this paper is to highlight decisions taken / recommendations on pay that fall outside the published Pay Policy and amendments to Surrey pay policies. This report includes a range of pay exceptions and staff related decisions that require a decision from the Committee.

     

    Minutes:

    This item was deferred to the next meeting of the People Performance and Development Committee.

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PUBLICITY OF PART 2 ITEMS

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    To consider whether the item considered under Part 2 of the agenda should be made available to the press and public.

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED:

    It was agreed that the information in relation to the Part 2 items discussed at this meeting would remain exempt.

     

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DATE OF NEXT MEETING

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    The next meeting of People, Performance and Development Committee will be on 26 September 2016.

    Minutes:

    The Committee noted that its next meeting would be held on 26 September 2016.