Agenda and minutes

Venue: Leadership Team Conference Room - Fire Service, Clemonds Hey, Winsford, CW7 2UA

Contact: Naomi Thomas  Governance and Corporate Planning Manager

Items
No. Item

1.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS

1A

Record of Meeting

Minutes:

Members were reminded that this meeting would be audio recorded.

 

1B

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Dorothy Flude and Morgan Tarr.

 

1C

Declaration of Members' Interests

Members are reminded that the Members’ Code of Conduct requires the disclosure of Statutory Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Non-Statutory Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Disclosable Non-Pecuniary Interests.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of Members’ interest.

 

1D

Minutes of the Staffing Committee pdf icon PDF 94 KB

To approve the minutes of the Staffing Committee meeting held on 18th September 2019.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the Staffing Committee meeting held on 18th September 2019 be confirmed as a correct record.

 

2.

People Strategy

This item will provide members of the Committee with details of developments associated with the People Strategy.

Minutes:

The Director of Transformation delivered a presentation which provided an update against the People Strategy 2019-22 (the Strategy).  She informed Members that the Strategy was predicated on the ‘Steps Framework’, which consisted of three main elements: Step In; Step Forward; Step Up.  She provided an overview of each of these areas and gave an update on activities and progress against them over the course of the last year.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

[1]   the People Strategy update be noted.

 

3.

Staff Survey

This item will provide members of the Committee with an overview about the results/feedback from the staff survey.

Minutes:

The Policy and Transformation Officer delivered a presentation which provided an overview of the results/feedback from the Staff Survey for 2019.  It focused on the following key areas: participation; engagement; key highs and lows; internal comparisons; summary; and next steps.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

[1]   the Staff Survey update be noted.

4.

Workforce Planning Update pdf icon PDF 96 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Service Delivery which provided an update in respect of the ongoing and predicted operational establishment levels for 2019-20.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

[1]   the update be noted; and

 

[2]  the recommendation contained in paragraph 14 of the report be approved.

 

5.

Exclusion of Press and Public pdf icon PDF 50 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That under Section 100(A) (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Order 2006, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business listed below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A to the Act, see paragraphs indicated:

 

Item 6: Discipline and Grievance Update

 

Paragraph

 

(1) Information relating to any individual

(2) Information that is likely to reveal the identity of an individual

 

6.

Discipline and Grievance Update

This item will provide members of the Committee with information about discipline and grievance activity.  It is dealt with in private session because personal information will be considered.

Minutes:

The Senior HR Business Partner provided an update regarding current discipline and grievance activity.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

[1] the update be noted.