Decision details

Purpose of report: As part of the ‘More for York’ programme, to present a proposed senior management structure for CYC with related implications for performance and efficiency.

Members are asked to: Endorse proposals for formal consultation

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 1 be approved as the preferred senior management structure of the City of York Council and that the posts of

·        Director of Customer and Business Support Services

·        Director of Communities and Neighbourhoods

·        Director of Adult, Children and Education Services

be created and the post of Director of City Strategy, with the revised responsibilities outlined in the report, be retained.

(ii) That approval be given for the financial investment required to release the savings as outlined in Table 1, paragraph 28 of the report.

(iii) That the report be referred to a meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee for due consideration.

(iv) That Officers be instructed to make all necessary arrangements for implementation of the proposed senior management structure of City of York Council, using the Council’s agreed processes and frameworks for such matters.

(v) That the Chief Executive be requested to keep under review the proposed implementation timescale, with a view to shortening the period leading up to the full implementation of the recommendations, if possible.

REASON:      Option 1 is considered to be the option best suited to the needs of City of York Council at this time, as it provides for:

·        Increased focus on customer service

·        Greater responsiveness to the needs of communities and neighbourhoods

·        A strengthened contribution from the Council to the economic development of the City

·        Greater co-ordination and consistency in work with adults and children, increased opportunities for partnership working and commissioning with the health sector on health and social care provision and work on overlapping agendas for adult and children’s services, such as 14-19 education

·        A small senior leadership team with the greater part of the management resource involved in direct service delivery.