Agenda, decisions and minutes

There were no Petitions or requests to address the meeting

There we no items of urgent business.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 9 December 2015.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 9 December 2015 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

To receive communications from the Chairman.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

Report of the Head of Transformation.

Purpose of Report

The purpose of this report is to detail employment statistics for information and monitoring purposes.

Recommendations

Themeetingis recommended to:

1.1      Notethecontents ofthereport.

Resolved

(1)  That the report be noted

The Head of Transformation submitted a report on Employment Statistics for quarter 3, 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015 which detailed employment statistics for information and monitoring purposes.

The Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager explained that the high numbers of vacancies were due to the departmental restructures taking place and vacant posts were being filled by temporary and agency staff.  There were no targets for numbers of agency staff but it was anticipated that the number would be greatly reduced once the reorganisation had been completed.

Resolved

(1)  That the report be noted

The following reports contain exempt information as defined in the following paragraphs of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

1 - Information relating to any individual.

Members are reminded that whilst the following item(s) have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to pass the following recommendation:

“That, in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 12A of that Act.”

Resolved

That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part 1, Paragraphs 1 and 2 would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Exempt appendices.

Resolved

(1)  That the exempt appendices be noted.

The Committee considered the exempt appendices to the report of the Head of Transformation which detailed employment statistics for quarter 3, 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015.

Resolved

(1)  That the exempt appendices be noted.

Exempt report of the Head of Transformation

Resolved

(1)  That the report be noted.

The Head of Transformation submitted an exempt report on Sickness Absence Monitoring for quarter 3, 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2015 which set of sickness data and compared performance with previous years.

Resolved

(1)  That the report be noted.