Agenda, decisions and minutes

It was proposed seconded and it was:

RESOLVED: That Councillor Hudspeth be elected as chairman for the 2016/17 Council Year.

It was proposed seconded and it was:

RESOLVED: That Councillor Webber be elected as Deputy Chairman for the 2016/17 Council Year.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on  13 April 2016 (RC5) and to receive information arising from them.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 13 April 2016 were approved and signed as a correct record.

The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury was successful in its application to become a charitable incorporated organisation with effect from the 1st April 2016. 

It is necessary therefore to establish the Council’s representation on the membership of the board of trustees of the new organisation.  There are three places available. 

Remuneration Committee is RECOMMENDED to approve the appointment of Councillor Christie and Vicky Field, Service Manager (Cultural Services) to the board of trustees of Mill Arts Centre.

The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury was successful in its application to become a charitable incorporated organisation with effect from the 1st April 2016. 

Remuneration Committee considered a report seeking to establish the Council’s representation on the membership of the board of trustees of the new organisation. 

RESOLVED: to approve the appointment of Councillor Christie and Vicky Field, Service Manager (Cultural Services) to the board of trustees of Mill Arts Centre.

RESOLVED:             that the public be excluded for the duration of item RC8 and RC9 since it is likely that if they were present during those items there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and specified below in relation to those items and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

PUBLIC SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS HELD IN PRIVATE SESSION

To approve the exempt part of the minutes of the meeting held on 13 April 2016 (RC8) 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)

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 minutes 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)

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 exempt part of the minutes of the meeting held on 13 April 2016 were approved and signed subject to a correction to the figure in resolution 12/16 on senior officer appointments.

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)

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.

Reports by the Chief Human Resources Officer (RC9(a)-(c) – To Follow).

To consider three reports relating to senior officer appointments.

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)

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 recommendations relating to the following, set out in the three reports, were agreed following an adjournment so that Cabinet Members could be given an opportunity to make objections on (b) below, in line with the Council’s Constitution:

(a)          Extension to the arrangements for the County Director and Monitoring Officer posts;

(b)          Appointments to the Director for Children’s Services (Lucy Butler) and Director for Adult Services (Kate Terroni);

(c)          Appointment of a Remuneration (Appointments) Sub-Committee

(d)          Decisions in relation to the pay policy statement for the two Director posts.