[NOTE: Councillors K. Broom, T.
Higgins, G. John, A.G. Morgan, B. Thomas and D.E. Williams and
officers C. Moore and H. Pugh had earlier declared an interest in
this item.]
Following the
application of the public interest test it was RESOLVED pursuant to
the Act referred to in Minute No. 3 above to consider this matter
in private, with the public excluded from the meeting as it would
involve the disclosure of exempt information relating to a
particular individual (Paragraph 12 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to
the Act).
The public interest
test in this matter related to the fact that the report included
details of applications received for the position of Lay
Person. The public interest in
maintaining the above exemption outweighed the public interest in
disclosing the information contained in this report as applicants
would have a reasonable expectation that their personal information
would not be disclosed to the public. There was no overriding
public interest in such information being disclosed.
The Committee
interviewed three applicants for the position of Lay Person of the
Governance & Audit Committee.
Having considered
the presentations made by the applicants, it was
UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL that, in order to
satisfy the requirement of the Council’s Constitution, the
County Council appoint Mrs Julie James, Mr Malcolm MacDonald and Mr
David MacGregor to the positions of Lay Person on the Governance
& Audit Committee for the period 25th May 2022 to
24th May 2027.</AI5>