Agenda

Appointments & Disciplinary Committee - Wednesday, 9th November, 2022 2.00 pm

Venue: Room 1.01 and 1.02 - Bernard Weatherill House, Mint Walk, Croydon CR0 1EA. View directions

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

2.

Disclosure of Interests

Members are invited to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs), pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests they may have in relation to any item(s) of business on today’s agenda.

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 78 KB

4.

Update on Richard Penn's Independent Report pdf icon PDF 91 KB

5.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting or a particular item:

 

“That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.”

6.

Part B Minutes of the Previous Meeting

7.

Response to Query from External Auditor relating to Former Chief Executive Settlement Agreement

Adjourned from the Committee’s last meeting on 13 October 2022

 

      Decision Note

Agenda Item 7: Response to Query from External Auditor relating to Former Chief Executive Settlement Agreement

Following consideration of the Monitoring Officer’s report at the Committee on 13 October 2022 and the continuation of the meeting held on 9 November 2022 the following was agreed.

 

Resolved:

 

1.        To approve the draft response to the External Auditor’s query and attached as Appendix 3. Note that the response is based on the Monitoring Officer’s findings following the due diligence enquiries.

2.        For the avoidance of any doubt, and for the reasons set out in the Monitoring Officer’s findings, the Committee does not endorse the decision of the August 2020 Appointments Committee that the settlement payments made to the former Chief Executive were value for money.

3.        The Committee requests the Corporate Director of Resources and the Monitoring Officer to meet with the External Auditor and convey this decision.  Also, that the External Auditor is requested to reflect upon the Committee’s decision in the value for money judgement for the 2020/21 financial year in the External Auditor’s letter. 

4.        The draft response be published and submitted to the next meeting of Full Council for noting.

 

Please Note: The decision and Appendix 3 is accessible by following the link below entitled Agenda Item 7: Decision for Publication

 

 

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