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 asked to declare if they had any personal interests not included on the Register of Interests or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that they might 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 6(Senior Management Arrangements within the City of York Council Redundancy/Flexible Retirement) on the grounds that they contain information relating to  individuals.  This information is classed as exempt under paragraph 2 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 6 (Senior Management Arrangements within City of York Council Redundancy/Flexible Retirement) (Minute item 12 refers)

on the grounds that they contained information

relating to individuals and the financial affairs of

particular persons. This information is classed as

exempt under Paragraph 2 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 20 June 2016.

Resolved:  That the minutes of the Staffing Matters and Urgency meeting held on 20 June 2016 be approved as a correct record and then signed by the Chair.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered to speak can do so.  The deadline for registering is Friday 15 July 2016 at 5.00 pm.  Members of the public can speak on agenda items or matters within the remit of the committee.

To register to speak please contact the Democracy Officer for the meeting, on the details at the foot of the agenda.

Filming, Recording or Webcasting Meetings

Please note this meeting may be filmed and webcast or audio recorded and that includes any registered public speakers, who have given their permission.  This broadcast can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/webcasts. or, if recorded, this will be uploaded onto the Council website following the meeting.

Residents are welcome to photograph, film or record Councillors and Officers at all meetings open to the press and public. This includes the use of social media reporting, i.e. tweeting.  Anyone wishing to film, record or take photos at any public meeting should contact the Democracy Officer (whose contact details are at the foot of this agenda) in advance of the meeting.

The Council’s protocol on Webcasting, Filming & Recording of Meetings ensures that these practices are carried out in a manner both respectful to the conduct of the meeting and all those present.  It can be viewed at http://www.york.gov.uk/downloads/file/6453/protocol_for_webcasting_filming_and_recording_of_council_meetingspdf

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

At the Annual Council meeting on 26 May 2016, appointments were made to Committees for the 2016/17 municipal year.

Since then a request for a change in the membership of the Local Plan Working Group has been received. A request has also been received for a change to an appointment to  the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership Infrastructure Programme Board.

Members were asked to agree to two Member appointments.

The Committee was informed that a request had been received for a change in the membership of the Local Plan Working Group. This had been from Councillor Steward, who wished to remain on the Committee but not as Vice Chair.

In addition, a change to an appointment to an outside body had been requested. This was to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership Infrastructure Programme Board and this was due to Councillor Carr’s appointment as Conservative Group Leader and Leader of the Council.

Resolved:

That;

(i)           Councillor Carr be appointed as Vice Chair of Local Plan Working Group and Councillor Steward remain on the committee.

(ii)          Councillor Gillies replace Councillor Carr on the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership Infrastructure Programme Board.

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

This report advises the Committee of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a Chief Officer on the grounds of redundancy and expenditure associated with an employee’s request for flexible retirement which can be considered as a pension discretion.  Each decision requires the approval of this committee.

Members received a report which advised them of the expenditure associated with the proposed dismissal of a Chief Officer on the grounds of voluntary redundancy and expenditure associated with an employee’s request for flexible retirement, which can be considered by this committee as a pension discretion. 

An updated report was distributed at the meeting with further details of the financial implications of the proposals which had not been included in the original report originally published.

Two confidential annexes containing details of the proposed dismissal of the Chief Officer on the grounds of voluntary redundancy and the request for flexible retirement were circulated to Members.

Resolved: (i)  That the expenditure detailed in confidential annex A associated with the proposed dismissal on the grounds of redundancy be approved.

(ii)That the request for flexible retirement and the associated expenditure detailed in confidential annex B be approved.

Reason:       In order to implement the review of senior management structure and make the required budgetary savings.