Agenda item
Voting Arrangements for Officer Appointments determined by Virtual Meetings of Council
Joint
Report of the Head of Human Resources and the Head of Legal Services
Minutes:
Council
received information on the proposal to introduce a digital process to enable
each member to vote for their preferred candidate in the appointment processes
that are determined by a meeting of full Council and, in circumstances where
the Council meet virtually as detailed in the circulated report.
RESOLVED: |
1.
That approval be granted to introduce a digital process to enable each
member to vote for their preferred candidate in appointment processes that
are determined by a meeting of full Council and in circumstances where the
Council meet virtually on-line to do so. 2.
That the Head of Legal Services be authorised to amend the Council
Procedure Rules set out in the Constitution of Neath Port Talbot County
Borough Council by the deletion of clause 14.7 and replacing it with the
following (the amendment being underlined): “If there are more than two people nominated for
any position to be filled and there is not a clear majority of votes in
favour of one person, then the name of the person with the least number of
votes will be taken off the list and a new vote taken. The process will continue until there is a
majority of votes for one person. Where meetings are to take place remotely, the
process shall be conducted via a poll function adopted by the Council to
enable Members to register their preferred candidate. The results of the questionnaire will be
collated in a database which can be accessed by a Democratic Services
Officer, the Head of HR and the Head of Legal Services. In circumstances where technical issues mean a
Member is unable to access the link to the questionnaire, the Member will be
asked to email the Democratic Services Officer to confirm this and to confirm
their vote. The email will be retained
confidentially along with the database information for governance purposes
only. |
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