Agenda item

Report of the Chief Executive.

(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.

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 Archer:-

“(1)      That the four vacancies for Casual Lifeguards 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 the four vacancies for Casual Lifeguards be approved.

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

“(2)      That Cabinet Members agree that the other vacancies recommended for filling by Service Heads are filled as soon as possible (Posts CL0341; PP0003; AD0016; ED0008; ED0029; PL0098; AD0063; RS0126; RS0164; RS0192; 3 Outdoor Ranger Posts; 4 Beach Patrol posts and the new posts of Development Officer and Assistant Programmes Officer).

(3)        That the action taken by the Corporate Director (Community Services) on behalf of 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 for Posts EH0193 and EH0194 in Health & Strategic Housing Services be amended from fixed term posts to permanent posts with effect from the 01 April 2009.

(b)     That the Conditions of Employment for Post EH0038 in Health & Strategic Housing Services be amended to increase the hours from 22.2 to 37 on a temporary basis from 01 April 2009 to 06 July 2009.

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

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

(5)        That Resolution (5) from the Cabinet Meeting held on the 12 November 2008, “that this process be reviewed following the next annual Council meeting in May 2009,” be noted” 

Resolved:

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

(2)        That Cabinet Members agree that the other vacancies recommended for filling by Service Heads are filled as soon as possible (Posts CL0341; PP0003; AD0016; ED0008; ED0029; PL0098; AD0063; RS0126; RS0164; RS0192; 3 Outdoor Ranger Posts; 4 Beach Patrol posts and the new posts of Development Officer and Assistant Programmes Officer).

(3)        That the action taken by the Corporate Director (Community Services) on behalf of 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 for Posts EH0193 and EH0194 in Health & Strategic Housing Services be amended from fixed term posts to permanent posts with effect from the 01 April 2009.

(b)     That the Conditions of Employment for Post EH0038 in Health & Strategic Housing Services be amended to increase the hours from 22.2 to 37 on a temporary basis from 01 April 2009 to 06 July 2009.

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

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

(5)        That Resolution (5) from the Cabinet Meeting held on the 12 November 2008, “that this process be reviewed following the next annual Council meeting in May 2009”, be noted. 

Officer 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 provide the funding to fill employee vacancies away from Service Heads to Cabinet, to be implemented.