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PLEASE NOTE: Should the Council wish to discuss the detail of Appendix 1 it will be necessary to exclude the press and public and move into exempt session. If applicable, the following resolution should be moved:

“That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act and that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs such interest in disclosing the information.”

This report invites the Council to approve the appointment of the recommended candidate to the position of Chief Operations Officer in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and statutory requirements.

Because of the timescales involved, it has not been possible to complete the recruitment process before the agenda has to be published for the Council meeting, so the details of the recommended candidate will be circulated as soon as possible and before the meeting.

A summary of the recommended candidate’s skills, experience and employment history will be circulated as Appendix 1 of this report, before the meeting.

The Leader of the Council, Councillor V Slade, presented the report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book, and proposed the recommendations as set out therein.

The proposal was seconded by Councillor M Phipps.

Council moved to a vote where the motion as follows was carried.

RESOLVED that Council approves the appointment of the candidate named in Appendix 1 to the position of Chief Operations Officer.

Voting: Nem. Con.

The Chair moved an adjournment of the meeting. This was seconded by the Vice Chair.

Council agreed by majority to adjourn until 7pm, Tuesday 27 February 2024.

The meeting was adjourned at 23:23.