COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR

Minute of Meeting held in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Friday 17 June 2005 at 9.30am.

PRESENT	Mr Alex A MacDonald (Chairman)
	Mr Angus Campbell (Vice-Chairman)
	Miss Samantha E L Hawkins
	Mr John Mackay	Mr Donald J Macsween
	Mr Angus M Graham	Mr Alexander M Mackintosh
	Mr Roderick Morrison	Mrs Annie MacDonald
	Mr Norman A Macdonald	Mr Donald Macdonald
	Mr Malcolm J Graham	Mrs Morag Munro
	Mr Ian M Macleod	Mr Archie K Campbell
	Mr Neil Campbell	Mr Donald Maclean
	Mr Murdo Macleod	Mr Martin C Taylor
	Mr Keith Dodson	Mr Peter Carlin
	Mr Angus McCormack	Mr Ronald J Mackinnon
	Mr Donald I Nicholson	Mr Angus Macdonald
	Mr Norman M Macleod	Mr Donald Manford
APOLOGIES	Mr Angus Nicolson	Mr Iain Morrison
	Mr George Lonie	Mr Norman L Macdonald

		The Comhairle resolved not to tape record its meeting as it was sitting as an “Appointments Panel”.
		PERSONNEL
		It was agreed that the public, including the press, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item on the grounds that exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 would be disclosed, namely, information relating to a particular employee, former employee, or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular office-holder or former office-holder or applicant to become an office-holder under the Comhairle would be disclosed.
Chief Executive	1	Details of the applications received for the post of Chief Executive and the short leet of candidates selected for interview for the post, together with the Job Advertisement, Job Description and Person Specification were submitted and noted. The Comhairle proceeded to interview the following candidates:                 Mr Malcolm Burr                 Mr William D Strachan After the interviews and a full discussion of the relative merits of the candidates, it was agreed to offer the post of Chief Executive to Mr Malcolm Burr on the basis of immediate acceptance of the offer. Mr Burr was invited into the meeting and formally offered the post of Chief Executive on the basis of immediate acceptance of the offer. Mr Burr indicated his acceptance of the offer.