Agenda and minutes

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

At this point in the meeting, Members were asked to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that they might have had in the business on the agenda.

None were declared.

To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following:

An annex to Agenda Item 5 (Redundancy) on the grounds that it contains information relating to an individual.  This information is classed as exempt under paragraphs 1,2 and 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

Resolved:  That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of an annex to Agenda Item 5 (Redundancy) (Minute Item 88 refers) on the grounds that it contained information relating to an individual and the financial affairs of a particular person. This information is classified as exempt under Paragraphs 1,2 and 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by the Local Government Access to Information (Variation) Order 2006.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on 31 March 2014.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the last meeting held on 31 March  2014 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Committee’s remit can do so.  The deadline for registering is Friday 11 April 2014 at 5.00 pm.

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report advises the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of an employee on the grounds of redundancy.

Members received a report which advised them of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of an employee on the grounds of voluntary redundancy.

Resolved:  That the report and expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of the employee on the grounds of redundancy, as detailed in the annex, be noted.

Reason:    In order to provide an overview of the expenditure.