Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence was received from Councillors R A Clay, P B Smith and D G Sullivan.

In accordance with the Code of Conduct  adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared:

Councillor J W Jones – Personal & Prejudicial and left prior to discussion – Minute No. 20 – Application for Governor at Hendrefoilan Primary – My wife is an applicant.

To approve and sign, as a correct record, the minutes of the LA Governor Panel held on 23 July, 2015.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Meeting of the LA Governor Panel held on 23 July, 2015, be approved as a correct record.

The School and Governor Officer provided a ‘For Information’ report on the current list of LA Governor Vacancies.

The LA Governor Panel was requested to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the items of business identified in the recommendation to the report on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as set out in the exclusion paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007, relevant to the item of business as set out in the report.

The LA Governor Panel considered the Public Interest Test in deciding whether to exclude the public from the meeting for the items of business where the Public Interest Test was relevant as set out in the report.

It was RESOLVED that the public be excluded for consideration of the following items of business.

(CLOSED SESSION)

The School and Governor Officer reported on the applications for the LA Governor vacancies that required decisions.

AGREED that the following nominations be recommended to Cabinet to approval:

The School and Governor Officer provided a ‘For Information’ report on the current list of LA Governor applications held on file.