Agenda item

The Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service introduced the report.

Councillor Richard Cornelius moved the following amendments;

Appendix 5 – page 21

1.      Main functions of the new organisational design

·         Strategic Commissioning Board:  Provides overall management of the council, working with Members to set the strategic outcomes for the borough. Sets and monitors the future direction of the council and ensures high performance against outcomes.

amend to;

·         Strategic Commissioning Board:  Provides overall management of the council, following the strategic direction set by Members for the borough.  Sets and monitors the future direction of the council and ensures high performance against outcomes.

Appendix 5 – page 22, paragraph 3

4.  The commissioning process

The plan phase is when the needs are prioritised, desired outcomes identified, resources are allocated and plans developed. Members and residents should have a leading role in this phase and help to shape the council’s agenda and priorities.  It is a creative period when the parties involved in commissioning identify ways to deliver the desired outcomes. It involves working with partners to try to develop a common, or at least a complimentary, approach to the needs. 

amend to;

The plan phase is when the needs are prioritised, desired outcomes identified, resources are allocated and plans developed. Members will have the leading role and residents will also have a role in this phase.  It is a creative period when the parties involved in commissioning identify ways to deliver the desired outcomes. It involves working with partners to try to develop a common, or at least a complimentary, approach to the needs. 

5.   Detail of the new functional design

Strategic Commissioning Board

Role of the Board

It is proposed that the Board perform the following core functions:

• Responsibility with Members for the overall management and leadership of the council;

amend to;

• Responsibility  to Members for the overall management and leadership of the council;

Upon being put to the vote the amendments were declared carried

RESOLVED subject to the amendments;

1.         The Committee authorised the Head of Paid Service to implement the new            organisational structure as set out in the report.

2.         The Committee authorised the Head of Paid Service to make changes to   the       functional design of the proposed arrangements for the re-organisation of     the       Senior Officers and council structures that may occur as part of any consultation.  

3.         The Committee authorised the Head of Paid Service to appoint to all the     new posts, with the exception of those roles that are classified as Chief          Officers set out at 3.4 of the report.

4.         Following statutory consultation, and compliant with the Managing   Organisational Change Policy, the Assistant Director Human Resources is        instructed to arrange for redundancy letters to be issued to those employees      who have not secured a designate role in the new structure or been           redeployed as a result of the process.

5.         Following the successful appointments to the new senior management      structure, the Head of Paid Service be authorised to delete the existing senior    management team structure.  

6.         The Committee instructed the Head of Paid Service, to provide a progress             report to the General Functions Committee in October 2012.