Councillors and committees

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Room G44, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2DN

Contact: Andrew Baird  0208 541 7609

Items
No. Item

1/18

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS

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    Minutes:

    Apologies were received from Ms Charlotte Morley.

     

    Mr Mel Few acted as a substitute for Ms Charlotte Morley.

2/18

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.

3/18

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 paragraph 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 paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

     

4/18

Senior Appointment of Director of Transformation

    The People, Performance and Development is asked to proceed with interviewing for the post of Director of Transformation.

     

    The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed by the Committee. The Committee will then discuss and, if appropriate appoint to the role of Director of Transformation. This recommendation is subject to the notification of every Member of the Cabinet of the proposed appointment and their right of objection specified in the notification.

     

    Minutes:

    Declarations of interest:

     

    None

     

    Witnesses:

     

    Andrew Baird, Democratic Service Officer

    Jackie Foglietta, Interim Head of HR & OD

    Michael Coughlin, Executive Director Customer, Digital and Transformation

     

    Key points raised during the discussion:

     

    1. Interviews were conducted by a Sub-Committee of the People, Performance and Development Committee for the position of Director of Transformation for Surrey County Council. During the interviews, the candidates delivered a presentation to the Committee after which Members asked a series of questions on the presentation. The candidates then responded to a number of set questions asked by the Committee.

     

    1. Following the end of the interview, Members discussed the performance of the candidates in detail and agreed that Marie Snelling clearly demonstrated the skills and experience necessary to be Director of Transformation for Surrey County Council.

     

    Actions/ further information to be provided:

     

    None

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    The People, Performance and Development Committee agreed to appoint Marie Snelling to the role of Director for Transformation for Surrey County Council.

     

6/18

Urgent Item - Appointment of Director of Intelligence, Analytics and Insight

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    Minutes:

    Declarations of Interest:

     

    None

     

    Witnesses:

     

    Andrew Baird, Democratic Service Officer

    Michael Coughlin, Executive Director Customer, Digital and Transformation

    Jackie Foglietta, Interim Head of HR & OD

     

    Key points raised during the discussion:

     

    1. Members discussed the candidates they had interviewed on 22 November 2018 for the position of Director of Intelligence, Analytics and Insight following agreement at the Appointments Sub-Committee meeting on 22 November to defer this decision. Members discussed the performance of the candidates in detail and agreed that Nicola Kilvington clearly demonstrated the skills and experience necessary to be Director of Intelligence, Analytics and Insight for Surrey County Council.

     

    Actions/ further information to be provided:

     

    None

     

    RESOLVED:

     

    The People, Performance and Development Committee agreed to appoint Nicola Kilvington to the role of Director of Intelligence, Analytics and Insight for Surrey County Council.

     

     

     

5/18

PUBLICITY FOR PART TWO 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:

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