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 non pecuniary interests, not included on the Register of Interests, that they might have had in respect of 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:

An annex to Agenda Item 6 (Redundancy) on the grounds that it contains information relating to an individual and the financial affairs of a particular person. 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 the consideration of annexes to Agenda               Item 5 (Three Month Summary of Redundancies) and                   Agenda Item 6 (Redundancy) on the grounds that they            contain information relating to individuals and the                      financial affairs of particular persons. This information                   is classified 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).

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Matters & Urgency Committee held on  25 November 2013.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the last meeting of the Staffing                             Matters and Urgency Committee held on 25 November                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 6 December 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.  This summary information covers the period August 2013 to October 2013.

Members received a report which gave them a summary of the number of redundancies that had been processed from August 2013 to October 2013.Officers circulated information in an exempt annex at the meeting which detailed the redundancies during this period.

Resolved:  That the report be noted.

Reason:     In order to provide an overview of the expenditure and             to maintain transparency and scrutiny of the process.

This report advises the Staffing Matters and Urgency Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of an employee on the grounds of redundancy.

Members received a report which advised them of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of an employee on the grounds of voluntary redundancy. Details of the employee were contained in an exempt annex which was circulated to Members at the meeting.

Resolved:  That the voluntary redundancy be noted.

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