Meeting documents

To appoint a Chair for the meeting.

Cllr Chilcott, Cabinet Member for Resources, was elected as the Chair for the meeting.

Members to declare any interests including membership of District, Town and Parish Councils. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Democratic Services team.

Members of the Committee declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Member of a District, City/Town or Parish Council:

The Chair will allow members of the public to ask any questions or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting.

There were no public questions.

To consider passing a resolution having been duly proposed and seconded under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 that the press and public be excluded during the remainder of the meeting on the basis that if they were present during the business to be transacted there would be a likelihood of disclosure to them of exempt information of the following description:

• Information relating to any individual
• Information which is likely to reveal the identity of any individual

There were no members of the press or public in attendance to be excluded from the meeting.

To confirm an appointment or agree an alternative course of action.

The Committee carefully considered the responses received during the formal interviews that had taken place on 17 May and the advice from the HR & OD Director and specialist advisors (Simon Clifford — Director of Corporate Affairs, Paula Hewitt – Director of Commissioning, Martin Gerrish – Deputy Section 151 Officer, Elizabeth Watkin – Chief Accountant and Malcolm Coe – Director of Finance, North Somerset Council).

During discussion the following points were made:

·       Whether the length of the proposed appointment was sufficient to meet the Council’s needs in view of the Annual Budget requiring approval in February 2019

·       The timescales for recruiting the permanent postholder

Following a discussion Cllr Hall proposed, seconded by Cllr Tony Lock, that Peter Lewis be appointed as the Interim Director of Finance at a salary of £900 per day (£1098 gross).

The Chair sought the views of the members of the Committee to the proposed recommendation. The Committee voted unanimously to accept this proposal and make their recommendation to the Chief Executive.

To authorise the Chair to sign the Minutes of the meeting as a correct record following circulation to the Committee members.

The Committee delegated approval to the Chair to agree the minutes of the meeting.

I confirm that these minutes represent a true record of this meeting

Cllr Chilcott (Chair)                                             Date: 26 July 2018