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Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes

Minutes:

RESOLVED – That the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 9 September 2013 be agreed as a correct record.

 

3.

Disclosable Pecuniary interests and Non Pecuniary interests

Minutes:

None were declared.

4.

Public Question Time (if any)

Minutes:

There were none.

5.

Members Item (if any)

Minutes:

There were none.

6.

Senior Officer Reporting Arrangements and Job Titles pdf icon PDF 118 KB

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Minutes:

The Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service introduced the report.

 

RESOLVED - That

 

1.         The Committee agree a change to the job titles of Director of People and Director of Place to Strategic Director for Communities and Strategic Director for Growth and Environment respectively.

 

2.         The Committee agree in principle to a change in reporting arrangements for senior officers, such that the Chief Executive has direct line management responsibility for delivery Directors, subject to consultation with those directly involved.

 

3.         The Committee notes the areas of responsibility and spans of control of each chief officer for the purposes of delegations.  The Committee recommend to Full Council, with reference to Cabinet, that changes in the Reporting lines, Article 11 and the Officer Scheme of Delegation contained within the Constitution be accepted.

 

7.

Vacancies on School Governing Bodies pdf icon PDF 92 KB

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – The following appointments set out in the schedule were made:

 

 

School

Appointment

1.

Broadfields Primary

Councillor Brian Gordon

2.

Child Hills

Mr Andrew Smith

3.

Coppetts Wood Primary

Councillor Graham Old

4.

Deansbrook Infant

Mr Elliot Keith Simberg

Councillor Hugh Rayner

Mr Roger Lyons

5.

Fairway Primary

Councillor Hugh Rayner

Ms Kitty Lyons

6.

Frith Manor

Councillor Richard Cornelius

7.

Livingstone Primary

Councillor Barry Evangeli

8.

Underhill

Mr Tim Roberts

9.

Finchley Catholic High

Mrs Jane Inzani

10.

Wren Academy

Mr Chris Kiernan

 

8.

Education Strategy - Changes to the LA Governor appointments process pdf icon PDF 133 KB

Minutes:

The Head of Education Partnership and Commercial Services introduced the report.

 

An amendment was proposed and duly seconded, that the recommendations be amended, to state that the decision on whether to revise the process of appointing Local Authority School Governors be deferred to allow the three Group Secretaries the opportunity to consulted with their groups on the proposed changes. Upon being put to the vote, the recommendation was declared carried.

 

RESOLVED -

 

1.         That the decision be deferred to enable the three Group Secretaries to consult their groups on the proposals contained within the report.

 

2.         That a report is brought back to a future meeting of the Committee detailing the comments fed back from the Group Secretaries and any further proposals.

9.

Any item(s) that the Chairman decides is urgent

Minutes:

There were none.