Agenda and minutes

Staffing and Appeals Committee - Monday 17 January 2022 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber

Contact: Committee Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Neighbour announced a change in the order of the agenda to bring forward Item 5, the election of a Vice Chairman as apologies of absence had been received by the current Chairman of the Staffing Committee.

 

Cllr Radley was elected as the Vice Chairman and chaired the meeting.

2.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 191 KB

The Minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2021 are attached to be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2021 were confirmed and signed as a correct record.

3.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence from Members*.

 

*Note: Members are asked to email Committee Services in advance of the meeting as soon as they become aware they will be absent.

Minutes:

Cllr Farmer attended as a substitute for Cllr Kennett.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To declare disposable pecuniary, and any other interests*.

 

*Note: Members are asked to email Committee Services in advance of the meeting as soon as they become aware they may have an interest to declare.

Minutes:

Emma Foy attended the meeting for Item 7 on the agenda and left before Item 8.

5.

CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Minutes:

The Chairman had no announcements.

6.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

The following item(s) contain exempt information.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

Members must decide whether the public interest in maintaining an exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

It is suggested that, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded during the discussion of the matters referred to, on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Minutes:

The following item(s) contained exempt information.

 

DECISION

 

Members decided that the public interest in maintaining an exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded during the discussion of the matters referred to, on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

7.

REORGANISATION OF CORPORATE SERVICES

The purpose of this report is to set out proposals for the reorganisation of Corporate Services.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

That Staffing Committee endorse the principles of the reorganisation and new structure as set out in appendix two to enable the Head of Corporate Services to consult with staff on the proposed new structure.

 

This report and its appendices is exempt from publication.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered the report which set out proposals for the reorganisation of Corporate Services.

 

RESOLVED

 

Staffing Committee endorsed the principles of the reorganisation and new structure as set out in appendix two of the report to enable the Head of Corporate Services to consult with staff on the proposed new structure.

8.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT RESTRUCTURE

The purpose of this report is to set out possible options for the restructuring of the Senior Management Structure to achieve financial savings, whilst at the same time retaining a resilient senior management team that has sufficient capacity to deliver longer term Council objectives.

 

This report and its appendices is exempt from publication.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered the report which set out possible options for the restructuring of the Senior Management Structure to achieve efficiency savings, whilst at the same time retaining a resilient senior management team that has sufficient capacity to deliver longer term Council objectives.

 

Cllr Wildsmith left at the start of this item at 7.40pm.

 

DECISION

 

Staffing Committee noted the content of the report as set out in Appendix A and made recommendations to Cabinet thereon.