Venue: Morecambe Town Hall
Contact: Peter Baines, Democratic Services - telephone 01524 582074 or e-mail pbaines@lancaster.gov.uk
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Minutes Minutes of meeting held on 27th November and 8th December 2014 (previously circulated). Minutes: The minutes of the previous meetings, held on 27th November and 8th December 2014, were agreed as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive declarations by Members of interests in respect of items on this Agenda. Members are reminded that, in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which have not already been declared in the Council’s Register of Interests. (It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting). Whilst not a legal requirement, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 and in the interests of clarity and transparency, Members should declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which they have already declared in the Register, at this point in the meeting. In accordance with Part B Section 2 of the Code Of Conduct, Members are required to declare the existence and nature of any other interests as defined in paragraphs 8(1) or 9(2) of the Code of Conduct.
Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Items of urgent business authorised by the Chairman Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Corporate Health and Safety Arrangements and Members' Responsibilities PDF 120 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Environmental Health Manager addressed members about Personnel Committee’s responsibilities for health and safety, and outlined the council’s broader legal and financial responsibilities.
In the course of discussion members requested regular, anonymised, updates of accidents which had occurred in the workplace. Further, it was agreed that Personnel Committee’s representative on the Safety Committee required additional training, and that a full member briefing should be arranged in the new municipal year about the organisation’s responsibilities with regard to health and safety.
Resolved:
(1) That the report be noted;
(2) That regular update report be brought to future meetings, with anonymised summaries of accidents at work;
(3) That additional training be arranged for Personnel Committee’s representative on the Safety Committee;
(4) That a member briefing be requested on health and safety in the new municipal year (2015/16). |
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Officer Employment Procedure Rules PDF 78 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members considered a report on the Officer Employment Procedure Rules, part 4, section 6 of the Lancaster City Council Constitution, which were in need of revision to ensure that they complied with statutory requirements and the needs of the council.
It was noted that a report had been prepared for Council, about which the Committee’s comments were sought.
Resolved:
That the draft report to Council be noted.
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Human Resources Policy Development and Review PDF 106 KB Additional documents:
Minutes:
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Recruitment for On-call Fire-fighters at Lancaster Fire Station PDF 116 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered a request from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service for support with the recruitment of on-call firefighters.
Should the Committee approve the request, it was noted that this would involve use of the council’s internal marketing function to distribute publicity materials and advertise the posts on the intranet. In the course of discussion, members considered the likely impact on delivery of council services, should a member of staff successfully apply to become an on-call firefighter.
Resolved:
That the Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager be requested to write to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service with an expression of support for their work, and a request for further information on the likely time implications for people who successfully applied to become on-call firefighters.
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