Agenda item

(A) Statutory Dismissal Procedures for the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer and Chief Financial Officer – concerning the implementation of new procedures and proposing associated amendments to Standing Orders.

For Decision

13 June 2016

(A) Statutory Dismissal Procedures for the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer and Chief Financial Officer

The Town Clerk and Chamberlain withdrew from the meeting whilst this item was considered.

The Court proceeded to consider proposals concerning the Statutory Dismissal Procedures for the Head of Paid Services (Town Clerk), Monitoring Officer (Comptroller and City Solicitor) and the Section 151 Officer (Chamberlain), required following amendments to the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendments) Regulations 2015. The Amendments required that a new Committee, known as the Statutory Officer Review Panel, be created and the proposed Terms of Reference together with associated changes to Standing Orders were put forward for Members’ consideration.

It was recommended that the Court:

·         agree to the creation of a Statutory Officer Review Panel, with Terms of Reference as set out at Appendix 1 to the report;

·         agree to the amendment of Standing Order 63 in line with the terms set out in Appendix 2 to the report;

·         agree to the addition of the Statutory Officer Review Panel to the list of those Committees in Standing Order 29(3) of which a Member can hold Chairmanship while being Chairman of another Committee, and to amend Standing Order 29(3) to state that “no ex-officio Member of a Committee is eligible to be Chairman of the Committee, except for the Statutory Officer Review Panel”; and

·         agree to amend Standing Order 29(7) to add the Statutory Officer Review Panel to the list of those Committees in which ex-officio Members are eligible to vote in the election of Chairman.

Resolved – That approval be given to:-

·         the creation of a Statutory Officer Review Panel, with Terms of Reference as set out at Appendix 1 to the report;

·         the amendment of Standing Order 63 in line with the terms set out in Appendix 2 to the report;

·         the addition of the Statutory Officer Review Panel to the list of those Committees in Standing Order 29(3) of which a Member can hold a Chairmanship while being Chairman of another Committee, and the amendment of Standing Order 29(3) to state that “no ex-officio Member of a Committee is eligible to be Chairman of the Committee, except for the Statutory Officer Review Panel”; and

the amendment of Standing Order 29(7) to add the Statutory Officer Review Panel to the list of those Committees in which ex-officio Members are eligible to vote in the election of Chairman.