Council and Democracy

Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1, Town Hall

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Items
No. Item

32.

Declaration of Members' and Officers' Interests relating to items on the Agenda

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were received.

33.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors A Diouf and Wall.

34.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 53 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED –

 

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Joint Cabinet and Employment and General Committee on 4 December, 2019 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

35.

Exclusion of Public

To move “That under Regulation 21(1)(b) of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)(Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the following Paragraphs 1 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.”

 

Part 2 (Non Public Information)

Minutes:

RESOLVED –

 

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

36.

Restructure of the Human Resources and Support Services functions within the Customers, Commissioning and Change Service

Decision:

*RESOLVED –

 

1.   That the proposed new staffing structures for the Human Resources and Support Services functions, as attached at appendix B of the officer’s report, be approved.

 

2.   That the Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change, supported by the Human Resources Manager, be authorised to implement the proposed changes. 

 

REASON FOR DECISIONS

 

To enable the delivery of effective corporate services which will meet the changing needs of the Council.

Minutes:

The Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change submitted a report seeking approval for a new staffing structure for the Human Resources and Support Services teams.

 

The new staffing structure would ensure that the Human Resources and Support Services functions would be able to support the Council’s organisational change agenda and enable the efficient and effective administration of corporate business processes. 

 

The report provided details on the financial implications and a full equalities impact assessment had been completed. It was explained that the proposals had been the subject of ongoing consultation with all affected staff and their trade union representatives.

 

*RESOLVED –

 

1.   That the proposed new staffing structures for the Human Resources and Support Services functions, as attached at appendix B of the officer’s report, be approved.

 

2.   That the Assistant Director – Customers, Commissioning and Change, supported by the Human Resources Manager, be authorised to implement the proposed changes.  

 

REASON FOR DECISIONS

 

To enable the delivery of effective corporate services which will meet the changing needs of the Council.