Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Deputy Leader of the Council

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/099

Contact: Karen Edwards, Deputy Director – Human Resources Tel: 07825 521526

Report by Deputy Director – Human Resources (CA18 (to be circulated separately)).

To note the proposal to appoint two senior joint posts so as to facilitate further joint working with OCC and CDC and to ask the Joint Shared Service & Personnel Committee to convene as soon as practicable to proceed with the recruitment and appointment of the most suitable candidate.

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet had before it a report which invited members to note the proposal to appoint two senior joint posts so as to facilitate further joint working with OCC and CDC and to ask the Joint Shared Service & Personnel Committee to convene as soon as practicable to proceed with the recruitment and appointment of the most suitable candidate.

Councillor Ian Corkin, Cabinet Member for Cherwell Partnership, in moving the recommendations advised that Cherwell District Council Executive had agreed the recommendations at their meeting the previous evening. The proposals were an important milestone in the partnership working following on from the comprehensive report to Council in July.

RESOLVED: Subject to Cherwell District Council Executive endorsing the proposals as set out below on 15 July 2019, to:

(a)      note the proposals to appoint two senior joint posts so as to facilitate further joint working between OCC and CDC;

(b)      to request the Joint Shared Services and Personnel Committee to convene as soon as practicable to approve the proposed management structure and proceed with the recruitment and appointment of the most suitable candidate.