Committee details

Introduction

1.     The Committee will comprise three members appointed by the Group Leaders on a politically proportionate basis. It will be convened on an ad-hoc basis to hear appeals and make determinations on the matters set out below.

2.     The Monitoring Officer will, in consultation with the Group Leaders, settle the processes in force from time to time that shall apply to the matters that the Committee must hear and determine. In the absence of the agreement of the Group Leaders, the Monitoring Officer will refer such processes to Council for determination.

Terms of Reference

3.     To discharge the functions of appointing, dismissing and disciplining senior officers where member involvement in the same is required in accordance with the Officer Employment Procedure rules and where those functions are not delegated to the IDC.

4.     To determine any of the following in respect of the Head of Paid Service:

a)    Changes to employment terms and conditions (including flexible retirement)

b)    Exercisable discretions in relation to enhanced pension rights (subject to extant pension scheme requirements)

5.     To determine any appeals brought by the Managing Director’s direct reports about a final decision taken by the Managing Director in respect of:

a)    The matters stated in 4 above

b)    Outcomes of disciplinary processes. In respect of any DSO, the Committee will only hear appeals against disciplinary action short of dismissal brough by any DSO.

6.     To determine any Member Standards matters referred to the Committee by the Monitoring Officer under the Member Code of Conduct Complaints Handling Procedure.

7.     To hear and determine any other hearings or appeals which, on the advice of the Monitoring Officer, require a Member hearing/determination and where there is no other more appropriate forum for the same.