Agenda and draft minutes

General Purposes Urgency Sub-Committee - Tuesday 23rd October, 2018 5.15 pm

Venue: Room 3.4, 3rd Floor, 5 Strand, London, WC2 5HR. View directions

Contact: Mick Steward, Head of Committee and Governance Services  Tel: 7641 3134; Email:  msteward@westminster.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

13.

Membership of the Sub-Committee

To note any changes.

Minutes:

1.1     There were no changes to the membership as set out on the agenda.

14.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in matters on this Agenda.

Minutes:

2.1     There were no Declarations of Interest.

15.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 127 KB

To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 4 November 2015.

Minutes:

3.1     The Chairman, with the consent of the Members present, signed the minutes of the meeting held on 4 November 2015 as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

16.

Any Other Business which the Chairman Considers Urgent

Minutes:

None.

17.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

RECOMMENDATION: That under Section 100 (A) (4) of the Local

Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting

for the following items of business because they involve the likely

disclosure of exempt information on the grounds shown below:

 

Item No:       Grounds                           Para of Part 1 of Schedule

                                                            12A of the Act

 

8                  Information relating to                            1

                    individuals

Minutes:

Resolved:  That under Section 100 (A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business because they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information on the grounds shown below:

 

Item No        Grounds                                     Para of Part 1 of

                                                                      Schedule 12A of the Act

 

6                  Information relating to                 

                    individuals

18.

Appointment of Independent Persons (See Report of the Director of Law)

Report of the Director of Law

Minutes:

6.1     The Director of Law introduced the report.  He outlined the purpose of the role following which the Sub-Committee interviewed one candidate as set out in the report.

 

          Resolved:

 

(i)              That the General Purposes Urgency Sub-Committee note the action taken by the Director of Law, under delegated powers, detailed in the report, to advertise and shortlist potential candidates for interview.

 

(ii)             That having interviewed shortlisted candidates for the position of “Independent Person” of the City Council be recommended to appoint Mr Asif Iqbal.