Agenda and minutes

To elect a Chair for the ensuing year.

RESOLVED that County Councillor JM Williams be elected Chair for the ensuing year.

To elect a Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.

RESOLVED that County Councillor KM Roberts-Jones be elected Vice-Chair for the ensuing year.

County Councillor JG Shearer left the meeting.

To receive apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors A Holloway, PE Lewis, JG Morris and TJ Van Rees who had apologised as he knew the husband of one of the candidates.

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to the next item on the agenda.

County Councillor TJ Van-Rees had declared a personal interest and therefore sent his apologies for the meeting.

The Monitoring Officer has determined that category 1 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules applies to the following item. His view on the public interest test (having taken account of the provisions of Rule 11.8 of the Council’s Access to Information Rules) was that to make this information public would disclose personal data relating to an individual in contravention of the principles of the Data Protection Act. Because of this and since there did not appear to be an overwhelming public interest requiring the disclosure of personal data he felt that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Members are asked to consider these factors when determining the public interest test, which they must decide when considering excluding the public from this part of the meeting.

RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following items of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 1 of The Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007).

To interview candidates for the position of Head of Children’s Services.

9.05 a.m.        Briefing

9.30 a.m.        1^st Interview

10.30 a.m.      2^nd Interview  

The Committee interviewed candidates for the post of Head of Children’s Services.

RESOLVED that Carolann James be appointed to the post of Head of Children’s Services.