Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee received a report of the Town Clerk detailing proposals for the recruitment process for the appointment of an external Member of the Police Committee.

The Committee was advised that Helen Marshall’s four year term of office was due to come to an end in May 2017 and the recruitment process for the vacancy would need to start very shortly.

The Town Clerk advised that following a request for expressions of interest from existing members to sit as the third member on the selections panel (in addition to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman), Mr Bensted-Smith had expressed his willingness to serve.

The Town Clerk further advised that if the Committee were in agreement, an approach would be made to the Chairman of the Ministry of Defence Police Committee to sit as the fourth Member.

RESOLVED – That

a)            The process for recruiting one external Member of the Police Committee for a four-year term starting in May 2017 be noted;

b)            That Mr Bensted-Smith be appointed as the third member of the Selection Panel; and

c)            That an approach be made to the Chairman of the Ministry of Defence Police Committee to sit as the fourth Member.