Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its two appendices and to make the following resolution:

That the introduction of the new grading structure for CCS grounds, streets and waste staff be approved at a total cost of £90,000 pa to be funded from efficiency savings.

RESOLVED

That the introduction of the new grading structure for CCS grounds, streets and waste staff be approved at a total cost of £90,000 pa to be funded from efficiency savings.

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its two appendices (copy attached to the official minutes).

In the absence of Mr Barrow the report was introduced by Mrs Plant.

Mr Riley was in attendance for this item.

Mrs Plant summarised section 3 of the report, drawing attention in para 3.5 to the mutual concern expressed about the lack of career progression opportunities for Chichester Contract Services (CCS) staff. She referred to the current and proposed grades and salaries tables in Appendix 1 and the national salary table with local Hay grades and points in Appendix 2. Section 7 of the report set out the cost of the new grading structure and how it would be funded. She paid tribute to the hard work by CCS staff.

Mr Riley did not wish to add to Mrs Plant’s introduction but in reply to a question by Mrs Taylor he said that individual assessment and not key performance indicators would be used to determine the staff salaries.

Mr Dignum said that he fully endorsed Mrs Plant’s commendation of the CCS staff, a fact that had been recognised by the recent external consultancy report produced by WYG UK and considered with approval by the Cabinet at its previous meeting on 7 February 2017 (minute 332 refers).  

Decision

The Cabinet voted unanimously on a show of hands to make the resolution set out below.

RESOLVED

That the introduction of the new grading structure for CCS grounds, streets and waste staff be approved at a total cost of £90,000 pa to be funded from efficiency savings.