The Panel agreed to appoint Councillor Jemima Laing as Chair for this meeting.

Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

There were two declarations of interest made:

The Panel will be asked to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 19 November 2025.

The Panel agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 12 November 2025 as a correct record.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be bought forward for urgent consideration.

There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business.

Chirs Squire (Service Director, HROD) and Gary Walbridge (Service Director for Adults, Health and Communities) introduced the item and discussed:

a)     The Panel had previously conducted a successful recruitment campaign for the role of Service Director Integrated Commissioning. Two strong candidates had been interviewed and the Panel had offered the role to the top scoring applicant;

b)    Regrettably, the successful candidate had recently withdrawn their acceptance due to personal circumstances;

c)     As per the recruitment policy, if a post fell vacant within 6 months of the recruitment process, the Panel were able to offer the position to the next highest scoring candidate without need for another recruitment process. This was the proposal before the Panel today.

The Panel agreed:

1.     To note the content of the report;

2.     To approve the appointment to the post of Service Director for Integrated Commissioning;

3.     To delegate to the Strategic Director for Adults, Health and Communities authority to set the salary renumeration for the Service Director for Integrated Commissioning, within Band 4, Chief Officer £87,744 to £121,996 per annum.

(Please note, there is a confidential part to this minute)

Chirs Squire (Service Director, HROD) and Glenn Caplin-Grey (Strategic Director for Growth) introduced the report and discussed:

a)     The Panel were aware that the role of Service Director for Team Plymouth was a new position, established to oversee the creation of Team Plymouth following Plymouth’s Defence deal and the growth of Devonport;

b)    An estimated £50 million had been allocated to Plymouth through the Defence Industrial Strategy, and it was hoped that more would follow;

c)     City Council had authorised the creation of the Service Director for Team Plymouth position on 24 November 2025;

d)    Due to time pressures, an internal recruitment process had been undertaken to seek an Interim Service Director for Team Plymouth;

e)     One candidate had been identified for interview.

The Panel agreed:

1.     To note the content of the report.

2.     To undertake formal interviews for the role of Interim Service Director for Team Plymouth.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Panel agreed to pass a resolution under Section 100(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Panel will be asked to confirm the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 19 November 2025.

The Panel agreed the part two minutes of the meeting held on 12 November 2025 as a correct record.

This item was considered under part two.

(Please note, there is a confidential part to this minute)

Following interviews, the Panel agreed to offer the position of Interim Service Director for Team Plymouth to Amanda Ratsey for a period of 6 months subject to Cabinet agreement and the necessary pre-employment checks. The Panel delegated the details of remuneration to the Strategic Director for Growth.