Appointments Commission: Re-Appointment of Member.

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A decision made (15/02/2008) regarding: Appointments Commission: Re-Appointment of Member.

Decision Reference: MD-C-2008-0006
Decision Summary Title :	DS – Appointments Commission – Re-Appointment of member		Date of Decision Summary:
Decision Summary Author:	Sue Cuming – Senior Human Resources Manager, Chief Minister’s Department		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	WR – Appointments Commission: Reappointment of a member		Date of Written Report:	12 February 2008
Written Report Author:	Sue Cuming – Senior Human Resources Manager, Chief Minister’s Department		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Appointments Commission: Re-Appointment of member
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved the report and proposition recommending that Advocate Rose Edith Colley be re-appointed as a member of the Appointments Commission for further term of 1 year, and agreed that the proposition should be lodged ‘au Greffe’ with a view to securing the earliest possible provisional date for debate.
Reason(s) for Decision: The term of office of Advocate Rose Edith Colley as a member of the Jersey Appointments Commission expires in February 2008 and the Commission would like to retain her as an experienced member for a further year. This further term would be in accordance with the requirements set out in the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005.
Resource Implications: N/A
Action required: Proposition to be forwarded to the Assistant Greffier of the States and the Publications Editor to arrange for it to be lodged “au Greffe” for consideration by the States as soon as possible.
Signature:		Position: Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Appointments Commission: Re-Appointment of Member.

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –

in accordance with Article 18 (1) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, to re-appoint Advocate Rose Edith Colley as a Commissioner to the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period of one year.

CHIEF MINISTER

REPORT

Appointments Commission: Reappointment of a member

The Jersey Appointments Commission has been established by the States in accordance with Part 4 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005. The Commission consists of a Chairperson and not more than 4 other commissioners.

The term of office of one of the members of the Commission, Advocate Rose Edith Colley, expires in February 2008, and Advocate Colley has indicated that she will accept a reappointment. Advocate Colley has been a member of the Commission since its establishment in July 2002 and her reappointment will be in accordance with the requirements set out in Part 4, Para 18 (5) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005.

I would like to propose that Advocate Rose Edith Colley be reappointed as a member of the Appointments Commission with immediate effect for a period of a further year.

Background

The Appointments Commission members’ periods of office expire as follows:

Mr Michael Joseph Liston – Chairman - 23/02/10
Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Rees - 23/02/10
Mr Brian Curtis - 23/02/09
Advocate Rose Edith Colley - 23/02/08
Mr Kenneth Soar - 18/04/11

It is important to retain the experience of Advocate Colley, a founder member of the Commission for a further period. Mr Liston and Mrs Rees periods of office expire in 2010, therefore the reappointment of Advocate Rose Edith Colley for a period one further year will assist in maintaining continuity within the membership of the Appointments Commission.

Financial and manpower implications:

There are no additional resource implications arising from these proposals, as there is already a budget in place for the costs associated with the running of the Appointments Commission.