City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee |
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Date |
15 March 2021 |
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Present |
Councillors Aspden (Chair), D'Agorne (Vice-Chair), Hook and D Myers |
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Apologies |
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61. Declarations of Interest
At this point in the meeting, Members were asked to declare if
they had any personal interests not included on the Register of
Interests or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests
that they might have had in the business on the agenda. None were declared.
62. Exclusion of Press and Public
Resolved: That the press and public be excluded from the
meeting during the consideration of annexes to Agenda Item 8 on the grounds that they contained information relating to individuals and the financial affairs of particular persons. This information is classed as exempt under Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).
63. Minutes
Resolved: That the minutes of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee held on 15 February 2021 be approved and then signed by the Chair as a correct record.
64. Public Participation
It was reported that there had been no registration to speak at
the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
65. Update on progress to implement the new Corporate Leadership Group (CLG)
Members considered an update on the Corporate Leadership Group Restructure it was noted that there had been no slippage on timescales from the Committees last update on 15 February 2021. It was confirmed that there had been no appeals against the assimilation process, 3 director posts had been filled and remaining vacant posts would be advertised externally.
Resolved:
i. Noted the progress made to date in implement the new Corporate Leadership Group (CLG).
Reason: To ensure the council has an appropriate Chief Officer structure to deliver the councils priorities.
66. Work Plan
Resolved:
i. Requested that an update on progress to implement the new Corporate Leadership Group (CLG) be added to the Committee’s 17 May 2021 meeting;
ii. Noted the Committee Work Plan.
Reason: To ensure that the committee has a planned programme of
work in place.
67. Redundancy, Retirement and Settlement Agreements
Members considered a report which advised them of expenditure
associated with proposed phased retirements. Details of the
proposals and there implications were set out in the business cases in exempt Annex A, B, and C to the report.
Resolved:
i. That the expenditure associated with the proposed flexible retirement, as detailed in the report annex be noted.
Reason: So that the Committee has an overview of expenditure
associated with pension or exit discretions.
Cllr Aspden, Chair
[The meeting started at 5.33 pm and finished at 5.46 pm].