Issue - meetings

This report sets out for Members’ approval a number of establishment changes recommended by Management Team.  Members should note that, in accordance with adopted conventions, all of the savings/costs referred to in this report reflect the salary at the top of the scale/grade plus associated on costs.

(Reasons: LGA 1972 - Sch 12A Paragraph 1 – Information relating to an individual)

The report set out for Members’ approval a number of establishment changes recommended by Management Team.  Members noted that, in accordance with adopted conventions, all of the savings/costs referred to in the report reflected the salary at the top of the scale/grade plus associated on costs.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)        post DF1123, Overpayment Recovery Assistant, scale 2/3, 37 hours, be deleted;

(2)        a new Overpayment Recovery Officer post, at scale 2/3/4 for 30 hours per week, be created;

(3)        post DJ0210, Building Control Surveyor, grade M9, 25.5 hours per week, be deleted;

(4)        post DJ0216, Building Control Surveyor, grade M9, 37 hours per week, be deleted;

(5)        a new Senior Building Control Surveyor post, M8, 37 hours per week, be created;

(6)        the permanent increase in hours of the Building Control Technician post DJ0213 by correcting the hours from 22.5 to 29.5 per week be approved;

(7)        the temporary increase of the Building Control Technician post DJ0213 to a Senior Building Control Technician grade 5/6 for a period of six months and the increase in the hours to 35.5 per week for a period of six months be approved; and

(8)        the ‘ringfencing’ of the savings made by the deletion of post DJ0210 for a period of six months to allow time to review the needs of the Building Control service be agreed.