Agenda and minutes

At this point in the meeting, Members are asked to declare:

·        any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests

·        any prejudicial interests or

·        any disclosable pecuniary interests

which they may have in respect of business on this agenda.

At this point in the meeting, Members were invited to declare any personal, prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests, other than their standing interests, that they may have had in the business on the agenda.

None 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 they contain 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).

RESOLVED:       That the press and public be excluded from the                         meeting during consideration of annexes to                                    Agenda Item 5 (Redundancy) (Minute Item 20                               refers) on the grounds that it contains information                    relating to individuals. 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))

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on 24 June 2013.

RESOLVED:       That the minutes of the last meeting of the                                  Committee held on 24 June 2013 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 5 July 2013 at 5.00 pm.

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

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.

Members considered a report which advised them of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of two employees on the grounds of voluntary redundancy.

Details of the two employees were contained as exempt annexes to the report, copies of which were circulated at the meeting.

Officers explained the compulsory redundancy could be avoided if the request for voluntary redundancy was granted. The vacated post would then be filled with the employee under threat of compulsory redundancy (this was described as “bumping” the redundancy).

Details of the additional expenditure which would be incurred in

relation to the proposal were reported.  It was noted that the Council had made a commitment to reduce the number of compulsory redundancies to the lowest possible level.

Concerns were expressed about the cumulative effect that the new process could have on future redundancies. Officers agreed to monitor this, and to include information about the numbers redundancies that had been processed in this way, in their three month summary of redundancies report for the Committee.

RESOLVED:       (i)      That the expenditure associated with the                                    request for voluntary redundancy be noted.

                             (ii)      That the expenditure associated with the                                    transfer of employee affected by                                                  compulsory redundancy of the compulsory                                  to the post vacated by the voluntary                                                 redundancy be noted.

                             (iii)     That the inclusion of those redundancies                                    that had been “bumped” be provided to                                                Members in the three month summary of                                      redundancy reports presented to the                                                 Committee.

REASON:           In order to provide an overview of the                                          expenditure.