Agenda and minutes

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on 15 October 2012.

RESOLVED:       That the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee held on 15 October 2012 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 Friday 26 October 2012 at 5.00 pm.

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

At the Annual Council meeting on 24 May 2012 appointments were made to Committees, outside and partnership bodies together with appointments to Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the 2012/13 municipal year. However, since those appointments were made it has been advised that a change is required to the agreed list. This report outlines the change needed.

Members received a report which asked them to agree to a change in a Council appointment to an Outside Body.

The report suggested that Councillor Douglas replaced Councillor Simpson-Laing as the Council’s appointee to the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

RESOLVED:       (i)      That the report be noted.

(ii)      That the appointment of Councillor Douglas to the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust be agreed for the remainder of the 2012/13 Municipal Year.1

REASON:                     In order to make appropriate appointments to the Council’s Committees and Outside Bodies for the current municipal year.

This report advises the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a number of employees on the grounds of redundancy.

This item was not considered by the Committee due to its withdrawal after the publication ofthe agenda for the meeting.