To consider the report of the Shared Service Audit Manager (enclosed).

Considered – Report of the Shared Service Audit Manager.

Cllr. Lee Breckon proposed that all members of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee should take part in the interview process for co-opted Independent Members to the committee.

The Shared Service Audit Manager responded that the prospect of being interviewed by the full committee might be off-putting for potential applicants.

Cllr. Mark Jackson suggested that a compromise could be reached whereby all committee members could feed into the interview process by preparing the interview questions, while the interview itself would still be conducted by a smaller panel as assigned in the Action Plan in Appendix D of the report.

The Shared Service Audit Manager proposed that members of the committee could attend on the day of the interview to chat to the candidates on an informal basis.

All Members agreed that the posts be advertised and that a date be set for the interviews.