Agenda and minutes

At this point, Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.

Councillor Alexander declared a personal non prejudicial interest in agenda item 5 (Redundancy), as a member of the GMB.

Cllr Fraser declared a personal interest in agenda item 5 (Redundancy), as a member of the retired section of UNISON and the retired section of Unite (TGWU / ACTS sections).

No other interests were declared.

To consider the exclusion of the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following:

Annexes to Agenda Item 5 (Redundancy) on the grounds that it contains information relating to individuals and the financial affairs of particular persons.This information is classed as exempt under paragraphs 1,2 & 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).

RESOLVED:             That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the annexes to agenda item 5 (Redundancy) on the grounds that they contain information relating to individuals and the financial affairs of particular persons, which is classed as exempt under Paragraph 1,2 and 3 of the Schedule 12A to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as revised by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006).

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on Monday 6 June 2011.

RESOLVED:             That the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on 6 June 2011 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Committee’s remit can do so.  The deadline for registering is 5.00 pm on Friday 17 June 2011.

It was that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This report advises Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a number of employees on the grounds of redundancy. Exempt annexes containing details of the individual cases will be circulated to Members at the meeting.

Members considered a report which informed them of the expenditure associated with the proposal dismissal of a number of employees on the grounds of redundancy.

Details of the five individual employees concerned were contained in business cases which were circulated at the meeting as exempt Annexes A-D. Two of the proposed redundancies were compulsory and three were voluntary.

RESOLVED:           That the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of the employees on the grounds of redundancy, as detailed in A-D circulated at the meeting be noted.

REASON:                              So that Members have an overview of the expenditure.