Agenda item

(Head of Paid Services) To consider the attached report.

The Head of Paid Services, G Chipp presented a report on the establishment of a Senior Management Selection Panel and Senior Management Appeals Panel following the Cabinet decision on 7 December 2017, to create a Common Operating Model and restructure of the Council’s chief officer positions. The Councils Constitution set out the Officer Employment Procedure Rules for these matters and required the Council to make appointments of both panels. The Council also noted a change to the Officer Employment Procedure Rules reported by the Chief Executive. 

RESOLVED:

Senior Management Selection Panel

(1)           That Councillors C Whitbread, A Grigg, G Mohindra, M Sartin, C P Pond, B Jennings and B Surtees be appointed on the Senior Management Selection Panel;

(2)           That the selected members undertake prior Recruitment and Selection training as required by Part 4 of the Constitution;

(3)           That Councillor C Whitbread be appointed Chairman and Councillor M Sartin be appointed Vice Chairman of the Senior Management Selection Panel;

(4)           That the Selection Panel’s Terms of Reference/Delegations be agreed as follows:

“In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules set out in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution:

(i)         To undertake the recruitment and selection of Chief Executive and Chief Officer positions as necessary;

(ii)        To appoint to the proposed Chief Officer positions subject to the Objection Procedure.

(iii)       To recommend the appointment (if necessary) of the Chief Executive to the Council subject to the Objection Procedure.

(iv)       To undertake the functions of the redundancy panel procedure including:

·                     Ensuring that those affected are informed and consulted

·                     Considering proposals to make any Chief Officer post holders redundant

·                     Taking into account consideration of alternative proposals from those affected by such proposals

·                     Whether alternative positions may be available; and

(v)        Consequent on (iv) above, notifying the Executive and making recommendations to Council accordingly; and

(vi)       To make recommendations to the Council on designations of the statutory officers positions and their deputies as necessary.”

Senior Management Appeals Panel

(5)           That Councillors S Stavrou, G Chambers, H Kane, J Philip, J Jennings, C C Pond and J M Whitehouse be appointed on the Appeals Panel;

(6)           That the selected members to undertake prior Appeals training;

(7)           That Councillor J Philip be appointed Chairman and Councillor S Stavrou be appointed Vice Chairman of the Senior Management Appeals Panel;

(8)           That the Appeals Panel’s Terms of Reference/Delegations be as follows:

“In accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure Rules set out in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution:

(i)            Hear and adjudicate appeals made by Chief Officers on any determination of redundancy made by the Selection Panel and recommend to Council on the dismissal (or otherwise) of those Officers”

(9)           That for the purposes of these Panels, the Chief Executive be the ‘Proper Officer’ as defined in the Officer Employment Procedure Rules or, subject to (3)(i) above, another officer nominated by him; and

(10)        That the monitoring officer amend the current Officer Employment Rule 12.1 so that the last sentence reads “ Redundancy and/or Early Retirement payments shall apply in full to Chief Officers.”