Agenda and minutes
Chief Officer Performance Review Panel - Thursday 7 February 2019 2.00 pm

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcments from the Chair.

1.1  Apologies were received from Sian Berry AM, for whom Caroline Russell AM was substituting.

1.2  The Mayor’s Chief of Staff was also present in order to meet the Mayor’s statutory responsibility under section 72 (2) (1) of the GLA Act 1999 (as amended).

The Panel is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table below, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at below) and any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Panel is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officer Review Panel held on 9 October 2018 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Chief Officer Review Panel held on 9 October 2018 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

The Panel is recommended to exclude the public and press from the meeting for consideration of item 5 on the grounds that it would involve likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 to Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to an individual) and it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

4.1  Resolved:

That, pursuant to Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, press and public be excluded from the meeting for the consideration of item 6 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by Paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

5.1  The Panel and the Mayor’s Chief of Staff discussed with the Chief Officer her performance since taking up her position in September, and her proposed objectives for the next six months.

5.2  Resolved that:

i)  The Panel and the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, on behalf of, respectively, the Assembly  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.1  Resolved:

  That the next meeting of the Panel be scheduled for September 2019.