Issue - meetings

Audit Committee (November 2014) approved the recruitment process for the appointment of an Independent Member to serve on the Committee in an advisory and consultative manner.

Following a selection process, undertaken by an Appointment Panel established by the Audit Committee, the appointment of Mrs Chaitali Roy as Independent Member on the Committee has been recommended for approval.  This appointment would be for a 2 year term of office to expire on 24^th September 2017.

Recommendation:

Council is asked to approve and confirm the appointment of Mrs Chaitali Roy as an Independent Member of the Audit Committee for a term of office to expire on 24^th September 2017.

Council was asked to confirm the appointment of Mrs Chaitali Roy as Independent Member of the Audit Committee.

NOTED that the appointment had been recommended by the Audit Committee following a selection process undertaken by an Appointment Panel established by the Committee.

AGREED that Council formally approve and confirm the appointment of Mrs Chaitali Roy as an Independent Member of the Audit Committee for a two year term of office to expire on 24 September 2017.

Members will be aware that the Assistant Director of Corporate Governance (John Austin) has been Monitoring Officer since 2004. As a result of the Assistant Director taking flexible retirement from the Council’s service with effect from 1 October 2014, there is a need to appoint a new Monitoring Officer in accordance with the requirements in Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

As this role requires a full time resource it is recommended that the new Assistant Director Legal and Governance (Asmat Hussain) be appointed as Monitoring Officer with John Austin and the Principal Lawyers/Head of Legal taking on the role of Deputy Monitoring Officers.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council formally approve the change in Monitoring Officer arrangements with the Assistant Director Legal and Governance (Asmat Hussain) being appointed as Monitoring Officer with effect from 9 October 2014 and John Austin together with the Principal Lawyers/Head of Legal taking on the role of Deputy Monitoring Officers.

Council was asked to consider a change in the Monitoring Officer arrangements, as a result of the Assistant Director Corporate Governance having taken flexible retirement with effect from 1 October 2014.

AGREED that Council formally approve (in accordance with the requirements in Section 5 of the Local Government & Housing Act 1989) a change in Monitoring Officer arrangements with the Assistant Director Legal and Governance (Asmat Hussain) being appointed as Monitoring Officer with effect from 9^th October 2014 and John Austin together with Jill Bayley, Linda Dalton, Jayne Middleton-Albooye and John Oakley taking on the role of Deputy Monitoring Officers.

The Leader of the Opposition asked for all the members of the Opposition Group present at the meeting to be recorded as having abstained from the above decision.