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The Committee is asked to note the recommendations of the Selection Panel in respect of appointments to the three vacancies for Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee.  The recommended appointments will be submitted to the Court of Common Council for approval on 5^th December 2013. 

The Committee received a report of the Town Clerk relevant to the appointment of Co-opted Members on the Standards Committee.  It was noted that the appointment process had been underway since September 2013 and, following two recruitment campaigns, four applications had been considered by the Selection Panel as well as an application for re-appointment by Ms Felicity Lusk.   The Committee noted the proposed appointment of Ms Judith Barnes and Ms Felicity Lusk which would be considered by the Court of Common Council on 5^th December 2013.

In noting that only two appointments were to be made in the near future and that in addition to the outstanding vacancy, a new vacancy would arise upon Mr Alan Graham’s term of office expiring in February 2014, the Committee considered how the vacancies should be managed.  It was agreed that as the previous recruitment campaigns had resulted in limited public interest, alternative recruitment methods should be progressed in the New Year in order to secure the appointment of new Co-opted Members at the earliest opportunity.  Consequently, the positions would be advertised on the City of London webpages only but, once the vacancies went out to advert, the Livery Committee would be alerted to the vacancies in order to raise wide-spread awareness about the role of the Co-opted Members on the Committee and the current vacancies.   It was further suggested that if the Co-opted Members that were currently appointed to serve on the Audit and Risk Management were also interested in serving on the Standards Committee, they should be encouraged to submit their expressions of interest to the Selection Panel within the agreed recruitment deadlines.  On that basis, the Co-opted Members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee would also be advised about the vacancies once the recruitment campaign commenced.

RESOLVED: - That –

(i)         the Standards Committee note the recommended appointment of Ms Judith Barnes

            and Ms Felicity Lusk as Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee, subject to

           approval by the Court of Common Council on 5th December 2013; and

(ii)        the recruitment and selection of two further Co-opted Members of the Standards Committee commence as soon as possible and the Standards Committee be updated at its meeting on 31st January 2014 regarding the appointment arrangements; and

(iii)    the Co-opted Members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Members of the Livery Committee be advised about the Co-opted Member vacancies once the recruitment campaign has commenced.