Meeting documents

Date:

Thursday, 2nd April, 2009

Time:

9:30am

Place:

Executive Meeting Room, ReigateTown Hall

Present:

Councillor V.W. Broad (Chairman); Councillors Mrs. J.S. Bray, Mrs. J.M.A. Spiers and Mrs. R.S. Turner.

Also Present:

Councillor M.J. Miller.

Substitutes:

None

Min No	Description	Resolution
Part I
31	MINUTES (Attachment: 1)Minutes	RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meetings held on 16th February 2009 be approved as a correct record and signed.
32	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS	None
33	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST	None
34	ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS	None
35	EXEMPT BUSINESS	RESOLVED that the Press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that: (i) they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act; and (ii) the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
Part II(Confidential)
36	BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE POST Minute for Minute Number 36
37	HEAD OF POLICY AND REGENERATION: APPOINTMENT Minute for Minute Number 37	RESOLVED that: (i) the post of Head of Policy and Regeneration be offered to Applicant 440097, subject to a further meeting with the Director of Development and the Executive Member for Planning, Transport and Housing; and (ii) subject to acceptance she be appointed to the post.

The meeting closed at 12.54 p.m.

**Minute**
Min No	Minute
36	The Director of Development outlined the information in the confidential papers and the application process to date as well as the priority areas the post was likely to focus on. Members of the Committee were given the opportunity to ask the Director and the Head of Personnel and Support Services any questions relating to the application packs and test results.
37	The Committee interviewed three candidates for the post of Head of Policy and Regeneration. As part of the interviews the candidates each gave a presentation and were then asked pre-determined questions. Confidential papers relating to the applicants had been circulated separately to Members of the Committee only, together with the Director of Development, the Chief Executive and the Head of Personnel and Support Services. At the end of the interviews each candidate was given the opportunity to ask the Committee questions.