Meeting documents

Appointments and Conditions of Service Committee
Wednesday 18 January 2012 4.30 pm

Date:

Wednesday, 18th January, 2012

Time:

4.30pm

Place:

Committee Room, Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold

Attendance Details

Item	Description	Resolution
26	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Business for item 26
27	TO APPROVE AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON THE 9TH NOVEMBER 2011 (Attachment: 1)Minutes Business for item 27	RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 9 November 2011 and 28/29 November 2011 having been circulated, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
28	DECLARATION OF INTERESTS. Business for item 28
29	REFERRAL FROM THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE AND SAFETY COMMITTEE Business for item 29	RESOLVED: i. To accede to the request to allow the substitution of Trade Union Representatives ii. That the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer examine the legal issues relating to substitution of elected members.
30	REVIEW OF THE PROPER OFFICER PROVISIONS (Attachment: 2)Report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (Attachment: 3)Appendix 1 Business for item 30	RESOLVED:- i. That the Proper Officer provisions attached as Appendix 1 to the report be agreed subject to any reference in the provisions to "Director" being amended to "Corporate Director". ii. To ask the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer to investigate whether the Chief Executive is able to act as the proper officer in the absence of the named officer. iii. Subject to the above, to delegate to the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer the authority to amend the Proper Officer provisions to enable the Chief Executive to act as the proper officer in the absence of the named officer.
31	CHANGES TO THE DELEGATION SCHEME FOLLOWING THE MANAGEMENT RESTRUCTURE (Attachment: 4)Report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer Business for item 31	RESOLVED: that i. The current delegations from this Committee to Heads of Service be exercised by the Corporate Director with responsibility for the relevant power or function (or the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer in relation to Legal Services). ii. Any reference to Head of Service in any Policy of procedure within the remit of this Committee is substituted for Corporate Director with responsibility for the relevant power or function (or the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer in relation to Legal Services).
32	SALARY PROTECTION FOR EXISTING STAFF ON PROTECTION (Attachment: 5)Report of the Personnel Manager Business for item 32	RESOLVED: To support the adoption and application of the Salary Protection Policy statement set out in the report, subject to the addition of a requirement that the Chief Executive submits a report to this committee following the exercise of his discretion to vary the terms of the general scheme.

Attendance Details

Present:

W. J. Clarke, C. P. Barnfather, P. A. Hughes M. Paling, M. R. Payne,C. J. Powell, M Weisz

Business

**Business**
Item	Business
26	None
27	The minutes of the meeting held on 28/29th November were circulated prior to the meeting for approval
28	None
29	Consideration was given to a verbal report of the Service Manager - Organisational Development, of a request by the Joint Consultative and Safety Committee (JCSC) for an amendment to the Constitution and Terms of Reference of the JCSC Committee to allow alternative representatives of both Trade Union and the Employer to attend meetings as required.
30	Consideration was given to a report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, which had been previously circulated, which outlined proposals (at Appendix 1 of the report) for amendment to the proper officer provisions in the light of the Management Restructure and the establishment of the Corporate Director posts.
31	Consideration was given to a report of the Council Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, which had been previously circulated, setting out proposals for the amendment of all current delegations from this Committee to Officers following the Management Restructure.
32	Consideration was given to a report of the Service Manager - Organisational Development, which had been previously circulated, which set out proposals for a Policy to determine how new pay protection arrangements are to be applied to employees currently under the terms of previous pay protection arrangements.