Decision details

(Cabinet Member with Special Responsibility Councillor Bryning)

The Chief Executive submitted a report seeking Cabinet’s approval to the filling of established vacancies where recommended and to note a decision taken under the Council’s urgent business procedure.

The options, options analysis, including risk assessment, were set out in the report as follows:

The information contained within each form provides details related to the risks of not filling the related vacancy.  Cabinet has the option of releasing funding on either a time limited or permanent basis or withholding funding.  If funding is not released, there will be an impact on Service provision.  If funding is time limited, it will be more difficult and possibly more expensive to fill a post.

Officer Preferred Option (and comments):

To fill those posts as recommended by Service Heads unless Cabinet identifies the work as being of a low priority.

It was moved by Councillor Kerr and seconded by Councillor Fletcher:-

“That the recommendations, as set out in the report, be approved.”

Members then voted:-

Resolved:

(8 Members (Councillors Archer, Barry, Blamire, Bryning, Burns, Fletcher, Gilbert and Kerr) voted in favour and 2 Members (Councillors Charles and Mace) voted against)

(1)        That Cabinet Members agree that the vacancies recommended for filling by Service Heads are filled as soon as possible.

(2)        That the action taken by the Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member and the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in accordance with the Scheme of Delegation, in respect of the following vacancy, be noted:-

(a)     That the Conditions of Employment of the temporary holder of post PL0096 in Planning Services be amended to extend the fixed term contract on a reduction in hours to 18.5 on a temporary basis to accommodate a request from the substantive post holder to work half time for a period of 12 months following maternity leave, under the Family Leave Scheme policy.

(b)     That the call in be waived in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 17 to allow immediate implementation.

(3)        That the Revenue Budget be updated accordingly, for any deleted or deferred posts.

Officers responsible for effecting the decision:

Chief Executive.

Reasons for making the decision:

The decisions enable the decision made at Cabinet on 11^th November 2008, removing the delegated decision making to fill employee vacancies away from Service Heads to Cabinet, to be implemented. It was noted that, unless Cabinet decide otherwise, there will be no further reporting of employee vacancies after the April Cabinet meeting.