Contact: Jou Pyke

Direct Dial: 01934 634911

E-mail: joanna.pyke@n-somerset.gov.uk

Date: 28th October 2003

Dear Sir or Madam

Employment Committee

Thursday 13th November 2003, 2.30 p.m., Kenn Room, TOWN HALL

pre meeting: 1.30 P.M.

A meeting of the Committee will take place as indicated above. The agenda is set out overleaf.

The Management Side and the Appellant are requested to wait in the Main Reception as they will be fetched from there when the Committee is ready to proceed.

A pre-meeting for Members of the Committee with the Legal Adviser and the Personnel Adviser to the Committee and the Committee Administrator will take place in the same venue at 1.30 p.m.

Yours faithfully

Solicitor to the Council

To: Members of the Panel

Councillors:

Isabel Cummings, Peter Fisher, Alan Hockridge, Muriel Kraft, Ron Moon, Ian Peddlesden, Howard Roberts

All other Members of the Council (for information)

AGENDA

1 Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes

2 Public Discussion

To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each person will be limited to a period of five minutes. Public Participation Time must not exceed fifteen minutes.

Note:

(No question or comment shall be permitted under these procedures where it would result in either:-

a) the likely disclosure of exempt information or confidential information, or

b) discussion of a licensing application, application for registration, or

c) participation by its employees concerning matters related to their own or colleagues employment)

“Exempt” and “Confidential” shall have the same meanings for this purpose as they have under the Access to Information provisions contained in the Local Government Act 1972 and the ruling of the appropriate office to act as Solicitor to the Council following consultation with the relevant Chairman, shall be conclusive in this regard.

3 Declarations of Interest by Members

4 Minutes

4.1 Committee Meeting – 7th July 2003, (peach page 4)

5 Matters referred by Council, the Executive, other Committees and Panels (if any)

None

6 Appeal against grading – Exempt Item

A copy of the copy of the Grievance Procedure is attached, (peach pages 6) and a copy of the Appeals Procedure is attached, (peach pages 9)

The written statement of the Appellant’s submission and supporting documents is attached as Bundle 1 red pages 1 - 38

The written statement of the Management’s Side submission and supporting documents is attached as Bundle 2(a) red pages 1 – 9 and Bundle 2 (b) red pages 1 - 39

*Paragraph 1 – Information relating to an employee, former employee or applicant to become and employee, or particular office-holder or application to become and office-holder under the Authority.

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EXEMPT ITEMS

Should the Panel wish to consider a matter as an Exempt Item, the Panel will be invited to pass the following resolution –

“(1) That the press, public, and officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive or the Director, to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the ground that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.”

Also, if appropriate, the following resolution should be passed –

“(2) That members of the Council who are not members of this Panel be invited to remain.”

MOBILE PHONES, PAGERS AND SIMILAR CALLING DEVICES

All persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off these devices in accordance with the Council’s statement concerning disturbance caused by such apparatus. The Chairman may approve an exception to this request in special circumstances.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURE

ON HEARING THE ALARM – (a continuous two tone siren)

Leave the room by the nearest exit door. Ensure that windows are closed.

Last person out to close the door.

DO NOT stop to collect personal belongings.

DO NOT use the lifts.

FOLLOW the green and white exit signs and make your way to the assembly point.

DO NOT re-enter the building until authorised to do so by the Fire Authority.

GO TO ASSEMBLY POINT D – THE CAR PARK OPPOSITE MAIN RECEPTION

AGENDA ITEM 4.1

MINUTES

OF THE MEETING OF THE

Employment Committee

Monday 7th July 2003

HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, SOMERSET.

Meeting Commenced: 6.00 p.m Meeting Adjourned: 6.40 p.m

TUESDAY, 8TH JULY 2003

Meeting Reconvened: 10.00 a.m Meeting Concluded:2.00 p.m

PRESENT: Councillors Peter Fisher (Chairman), Nigel Ashton (substitute for Councillor Ian Peddlesden), Bob Coleman (substitute for Councillor Alan Hockridge), Isabel Cummings, Glyn Duck (substitute for Councillor Muriel Kraft), Roz Willis (substitute for Councillor Ronald Moon) and Howard Roberts.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: Councillors Muriel Kraft, Alan Hockridge, Ronald Moon and Ian Peddlesden

EMP 5

Increase in Membership of the Employment Committee

The Chairman of the Committee, Councillor Fisher, explained that in his role as Executive Member responsible for Human Resources and Best Value, it was within his remit to be able to increase the size of this Committee. In view of the current political situation he had decided to increase the Panel to seven permanent members. Political balance to apply: three conservative group members, three liberal democrat group members and 1 labour group member.

EMP 6

Minutes of the Meeting held on 3rd June 2003 (Agenda Item 4)

RESOLVED: that the minutes of the meeting held on 3rd June 2003 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman

EMP 7

Exclusion of Press and Public

RESOLVED: that the press, public together with officers not required by the Members, the Chief Executive Officer to remain during the exempt session, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that its consideration will involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Section 100I of the Local Government Act 1972.

Item Reason for Exemption

Minute No. 8 Paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of Part 1

EMP 8

Appointment of the Assistant Director (Adult Care) (Agenda Item 7)

The Committee received feedback from following events held previously (a) test, (b) lunch with Members, Director, outside bodies and officers, (c) candidates’ presentation; and (d) media experience exercise.

The following candidates were invited to attend the formal interviews on the following day:-

NF, PS and TZ

THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6.40 p.m ON THE 7TH JULY 2003

THE MEETING RECONVENED AT 10.00 A.M ON THE 8TH JULY 2003

Formal interviews with the remaining three candidates were held.

RESOLVED:

(a) that PS be appointed to the post of Assistant Director of Adult Care, and

(b) that the Chief Executive Officer be authorised to make all necessary arrangements.

The Vote was unanimous

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Chairman

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