Present: - Councillors N Crombie, M Green, B
Harrison, A Johns, B Moores (Chairman), E Renshaw and W Vandersteen.
In Attendance: Cllr B Moores (NDC) and 2 parishioners.
2302E/1 OPENING OF THE MEETING
The meeting was declared open by the Chairman.
2302E/2 APOLOGIES and WELCOME
Cllrs M Champion and The Clerk; The Chairman welcomed Cllr Harrison to his
first meeting.
2302E/3 COUNCILLOR DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
The nature and purpose of Declarations of Interest were explained to the new
Councillors. There were no declarations of interest. (Noted)
2302E/4 APPOINTMENT OF A PARISH CLERK
(i) The Chairman said that the main business of the meeting was to decide on
the appointment of a Parish Clerk. He read out Standing Order 33, which
required the Council to decide whether or not the public should be excluded
from the discussion. Cllr. Green proposed and Cllr. Renshaw seconded a
resolution that the public should be excluded on the grounds it would be
unfair for the successful/unsuccessful applicants to be named in public before
they had been informed of who was to be appointed. IPC RESOLVED to support the
recommendation and the members of the public left the room. (Noted)
(ii) The Chairman then explained the recruitment process that had been
followed. A Sub-Committee, comprising the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Cllr.
Crombie had been formed to manage the process and interview the candidates.
Four candidates had been interviewed with an independent observer, Mrs Rose
Day, and the Clerk being present at the interviews. The Sub-Committee
recommended the appointment of Mr Martyn Isaac as Clerk for reasons explained
by the Chairman. (Noted)
(iii) There was an extensive discussion of the merits of the candidates,
following which the Council decided unanimously to offer the position to Mr
Isaac, the terms of the appointment to be discussed with Mr Isaac, with a view
to agreeing a salary that will be within the budget that has been set.
(Action: Chairman)
There being no other business the meeting was closed at 7.55pm.
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