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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Andy Canning and Jeff Cant. |
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Declarations of Interest Councillors are required to comply with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 regarding disclosable pecuniary interests. Minutes: No declaration of disclosable pecuniary interests were received from members. |
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Redundancy Positions as a result of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Dorset PDF 104 KB To consider a report by the Lead Member for HR & Workforce. Appendices attached to the report are exempt and not for publication. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee
considered a report by the Lead Member for HR & Workforce regarding
proposals in respect of those Chief and Deputy Chief Officers from the
sovereign Dorset Councils who were either redundant as a result of their
statutory position being removed by virtue of the Local Government
Reorganisation (LGR) process, by settlement agreement, or those who have
requested voluntary redundancy in line with the Shadow Council’s voluntary
release scheme. It was noted that the appendices to the report were exempt from
publication. Cllr Peter Wharf,
as the Lead Member for HR and Workforce, introduced the report by firstly
thanking the Chief Executive (designate) for efforts to progress the cases
contained within the report, and then explained that the proposals were in line
with the staffing changes and transformation required as part of Local
Government Reorganisation from 1 April 2019.
He also expressed thanks to those affected by the report for their
service and significant contribution to the sovereign councils they have
made. The Lead Member
then confirmed that the collective payments proposed by the report were
£756,291, that pension contribution by Dorset Council to the pension fund was
£1,086,506, and that the total annual saving for the Council was
£1,072,096. This would see the total
senior officer posts for the Council reduce from 23 to 7 by removing
duplication and management overheads, which supported the priority to protect
and invest in frontline services. At
this point the Committee moved into exempt session. It was agreed that in accordance with Section
100 A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public would be excluded from
the meeting as it was likely that if members of the public were present, there
would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2
and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in
withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing the
information to the public. As part of the
consideration of the proposed cases it was confirmed that whilst agreement had
been reached with individuals on exit terms not all of the redundancies were
voluntary. In one such instance,
although the redundancy was not voluntary, agreement had been reached with the
individual on a deferral of redundancy during which they would work to support
the transition to the new Council. The Monitoring Officer confirmed that this
was not a permanent role and that it did not amount to an offer of suitable
alternative employment (as an alternative to redundancy). Following discussion,
it was agreed unanimously that the recommendations should be approved. The draft internal
and external communications were then shared with members for comment and
following discussion and minor amendment they were supported by the Committee. Decisions 1. That the
redundancy of each of the Chief or Deputy Chief Officers identified in the
confidential appendices A to I of the Lead Member’s report be agreed, on the
terms set out, including as to notice. 2. That the Chief Executive be granted ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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Date of Next Meeting Members are asked to agree that the next meeting of the Committee be held at 10:00am on 25 April 2019 in Committee Room 1, County Hall, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ. Minutes: Decision That the next meeting of the Committee be held at 4:00pm on 25 April
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Urgent Items To consider any items of business which the Chair has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be specified in the minutes. Minutes: There were no urgent items considered at the meeting. |