Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 5 October 2012 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

(1)    At its meeting on 5 October 2012, the Committee agreed to consider proposed changes to the Personnel Management Rules and the Property Protocol to enable the Committee to make recommendations to the County Council on 25 October 2012.

(2)    The Committee also requested the Director of Governance and Law to give further consideration to the proposed charge to Article 11 of the constitution to enable resources to be made available to the Head of Paid Service.

(3)    Attached to the report for the Committees consideration and recommendation to the County Council were;

(a)    an amended version of the Personnel Management Rules and the Property Protocol  which reflected the new governance arrangements; and

(b)    an appendix setting out in detail why it was recommended that the post of Head of Paid Service should be afforded the same provision as the Section 151 Officer and Monitoring Officer with such officers’ accommodation and other resources as are in their opinion sufficient to allow their duties to be performed.

(2) RESOLVED that the County Council  be recommended to:

(a)     approve the amended Personnel Management Rules and Property Protocol; and

(b)     the amendment to Article 11 paragraph 11 (5)  to read:

“ Provision of sufficient resources to the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer and Chief Finance Officer with such officers’ accommodation and other resources as are in their opinion sufficient to allow their duties to be performed”