Issue - meetings

To consider a report in response to a Motion raised at Council on the 18th July 2013 requesting a review of the Staffing Committee’s terms of reference.

The Committee considered a report in response to the following motion which was proposed by Councillor B Murphy and seconded by Councillor A Moran at the Council meeting on 18^th July 2013 and referred to the Constitution Committee:

“The Council requests an immediate review of the Staffing Committee’s terms of reference with a view to widening its remit to encompass matters that are normally entailed in the work of a staffing committee such as corporate culture, employee relations and communications, senior appointment, disciplinary matters and management structures.”

The report outlined the current terms of reference of the Staffing Committee as set out in the Constitution, together with the practice of the committee since its inception in 2009. It also provided comparisons with the arrangements of other authorities and briefly outlined a number of options.

Members felt that the Constitution Member Working Group should be asked to consider the matter in detail and report back to the Committee’s next meeting.

RESOLVED

That the Constitution Member Working Group be asked to review the terms of reference and operation of the Staffing Committee with a view to submitting recommendations to the Committee’s next meeting, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Staffing Committee to be invited to attend the Working Group’s meeting.