Issue - meetings

To consider a report which sets out proposals for significant changes in the current roles and responsibilities of managers at all levels within the organisation

Consideration was given to a report of the Interim Chief Executive setting out proposals for significant changes in the current roles and responsibilities of managers at all levels within the organisation, as a key element of establishing a new operating model for the Council, to support an ambitious programme of service transformation and to reduce costs and provide better value-for-money for local people.

The report set out the process and timetable for implementing the required management changes over the next six months, and sought Members’ approval for the authority to proceed immediately with the Management Review, on the basis set out in the report, so that its benefits could start to be realised as quickly as possible.

RESOLVED

That Council be recommended to:

1.      Approve that the Interim Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and his Cabinet Portfolio Holders, be authorised to start, with immediate effect, the proposed Management Review and the phased process of selection for appointment to new management posts in the Council’s revised organisational structure, on the basis and timetable set out in this report;

2.      Note the need for planned complementary action on the wider implications of the introduction of the new operating model for the Council, in terms of collaborative working with other local commissioners and providers of public services, as well as the development of the Council’s Localism initiative; and

3.      Agree that further reports on these initiatives be brought forward for Members’ consideration in due course.