Decision details

Committee considered a detailed report which provided a revised proposal following changes to the Council’s Governance Team.

Members would recall the previous Joint Governance Manager bringing a Governance Team restructure proposal to Employment and Personnel Committee in September 2021, where a budget was approved.

However, following recent senior staffing changes affecting the team, resulting in the appointment of a new Monitoring Officer and losing the Joint Governance Manager and the Solicitor to the Council posts; the Assistant Director Leader’s Executive, Partnerships, Governance and Communications now had management responsibilities for the Governance Team.  This has resulted in the need to revisit the previous restructuring proposal.

A revised proposed restructure was set out at Appendix A to the report with revised budget implications attached at Appendix B.  It was noted that the use of the already agreed budget suggested savings of between £2k and £12k.

Moved by Councillor Duncan McGregor and seconded by Councillor Sandra Peake

RESOLVED that (1) the revised restructure proposal for the operations of the Governance Team be approved,

(2) the use of the already agreed budget and recognised savings included in the budget at Appendix B be approved,

(3) the Assistant Director Leader’s Executive, Partnerships, Governance and Communications commence recruitment immediately in line with the proposed changes and restructure model.

(Assistant Director Leader’s Executive, Partnerships, Governance and Communications)