HR Committee Minutes

MINUTES of the HR Committee meeting held on Wednesday 29th June 2022 at 6:00pm in the Committee Room at the Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Present: Councillor J. Pilley (Chairman) Cllr C. Turner (Vice-Chairman), Councillor M. Lakin -Whitworth, and Cllr N. Taylor.

In attendance:    

Lucy Waller – Town Clerk

Councillor Stephen Bunney 

The Meeting opened at 18:00

1.  Chairman’s opening remarks. 

The Chairman welcomed all present to the meeting.

2.  To RESOLVE to approve and accept apologies for absence and reasons given.

No apologies were received from members of the committee.  Members noted general apologies from Councillors Smith and Madhavan. 

3.  To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the localism Act 2011 and to consider any applications for dispensations in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

None. 

4.  To RESOLVE to approve the draft minutes of the previous meeting, 2nd March 2022, as a correct record.

It was RESOLVED to approve the draft minutes of the previous meeting held , 2nd March 2022, as a correct record. 

5.  To resolve that under the public bodies (admission to meetings) act 1960, the public and representatives of the press and broadcast media be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following items of business as publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.

        The above RESOLUTION was passed 

        (Cllr S. Bunney remained in the room at the express invitation of the chairman, to provide input on agenda item 6 only.)

  6.  To receive the Draft Staffing Structure Review Report and RESOLVE any recommendations to Full Council to be included within the final report.

Members noted the draft report, and in particular the overall positive impact of recent changes to the staffing structure. 

The Committee held extensive discussion, including verbal input from Councillor Bunney and the noting of written input from Councillor Smith.  It was RESOLVED to recommend to Full Council the introduction of some minor structural changes related to the distribution of workload across roles.  Full details of the recommendation are detailed in the confidential recommendation report to Full Council. 

The Meeting closed at 19.07