Apologies were received on behalf of Councillor Brighouse.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2017 and 16 May 2017 (RC3) and to receive information arising from them.

The Minutes of the meetings held on 21 March and on 16 May 2017 were approved and signed as a correct record, subject to the correction to Councillor Hudspeth’s name under Minute 12/17.

RESOLVED:That the public be excluded for the duration of items PB5 and PB6 in the Agenda since it was likely that if they were present during those items there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and specified in relation to the respective items in the Agenda and since it was considered that, in all the circumstances of each case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

To approve the exempt part of the minutes of the meeting held on 24 January 2017 (RC3) and to receive information arising from them.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

1       Information relating to any individual

3       Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.

The minutes of the meeting held in exempt session on 21 March 2017 were approved and signed.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

1       Information relating to any individual

3       Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

1       Information relating to any individual

3       Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations between the authority with another party for the purposes described and would prejudice the position of the authority in those negotiations and other negotiations of a similar nature in future.

Report by the Director for Children’s Services (RC6).

The report provides a progress update on a programme of initiatives and measures to recruit and retain Children’s Social Workers. The report also seeks agreement to a further measure.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

1       Information relating to any individual

3       Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations between the authority with another party for the purposes described and would prejudice the position of the authority in those negotiations and other negotiations of a similar nature in future.

The Remuneration Committee noted progress on a programme of initiatives and measures to recruit and retain Children’s Social Workers and gave agreement to a further measure.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDING FOLLOWING THE READMITTANCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

Report of the County Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (RC6).

The Council’s Constitution allocates to the Committee the responsibility for appointments to outside bodies other than to those identified by the Cabinet as ‘strategic’. 

The report identifies the bodies to which appointments now need to be made and reviews the process for making them.  It also sets out any proposed new additions. 

The Council’s Constitution allocates to the Remuneration Committee the responsibility for appointments to outside bodies other than to those identified by the Cabinet as ‘strategic’. 

The Committee considered a report that identified bodies to which appointments needed to be made, including any proposed new additions, and deletions. During discussion members queried the value and purpose of some of the appointments which were of an historic nature and emphasised that more needed to be done to ensure that where appointed councillors were adding value for the organisation and the County Council.

RESOLVED:             to:

(a)          make appointments to the non-strategic outside bodies as listed in Annex 1 and to consider further appointments to the vacancies as set out at a future meeting;

(b)          noted the review of the category ‘C’ outside bodies shown at Annex 2 to the report.