Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Leader

Forward Plan Ref: 2016/017

Contact: Steve Munn, Chief HR Officer Tel: (01865) 815191

Report by County Director (CA11).

This report asks Cabinet to note progress made with the Senior Management Review and to agree to the implementation of the proposed structure (subject to receiving views of Audit & Governance Committee, a Members Briefing and County Council), in line with the principles outlined in the report. The report references associated work carried out on the unitary debate as well as transformation of services and identifies potential savings to be gained from reductions in senior management posts.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)          note the progress made to date on the Senior Management Review

(b)         ask for the views of Members attending the Senior Management Review briefing on the 9^th December 2016 on whether the structure will contribute to good performance

(c)          ask for the views of Audit & Governance Committee to review governance

(d)         ask for views from County Council; and

(e)          request officers to bring a final version of the report back to Cabinet on 20 December reflecting feedback from those committees and meetings

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet considered a report on progress made with the Senior Management Review and that sought agreement in principle to the implementation of the proposed structure (subject to receiving views of Audit & Governance Committee, a Members Briefing and County Council), in line with the principles outlined in the report. The report referenced associated work carried out on the unitary debate as well as on the transformation of services and identified potential savings to be gained from reductions in senior management posts.

Councillor Brighouse, Chairman of Performance Scrutiny Committee, indicated that ordinarily the report would have been considered at a meeting of the Performance Scrutiny Committee. However she considered that it was important to involve all councillors and instead she was chairing an all member seminar on 9 December. Penna, the consultants who had carried out the review would be in attendance.

Steve Munn, Chief Human Resources Officer, explained the background and the approach taken to the Review.

The Leader in moving the recommendations referred to paragraph 17 of the report that set out the savings achieved but emphasised that it was about an organisation fit for purpose in tackling the challenges ahead.

RESOLVED:             to:

(a)          note the progress made to date on the Senior Management Review

(b)          ask for the views of Members attending the Senior Management Review briefing on the 9^th December 2016 on whether the structure will contribute to good performance

(c)          ask for the views of Audit & Governance Committee to review governance

(d)          ask for views from County Council; and

(e)          request officers to bring a final version of the report back to Cabinet on 20 December reflecting feedback from those committees and meetings