Policy And Resources Committee - 16/02/2004

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 16th February, 2004.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Lord Provost John R LETFORD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 9th February, 2004 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I SUPPORT SERVICES - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & TRADING STANDARDS - CORPORATE FOOD SAFETY

There was submitted Joint Report No 91-2004 by Head of Environmental Health and Trading Standards and Assistant Chief Executive (Management) seeking the Committee's approval to establish posts to undertake work in connection with Corporate Food Safety.

The Committee agreed to:-

(i) the establishment of a post of Corporate Food Safety Adviser, graded PO8-11, 30,060 - 32,244;

(ii) the deletion of a post of Environmental Health Officer, graded AP5-PO6, 24,396 - 28,578;

(iii) the establishment of a post of Environmental Health Officer (Corporate Food Safety), graded AP5-PO6, 22,398 - 28,578;

(iv) liaison officers being nominated within each department that had an input to food provision, in order to facilitate effective action in relation to Corporate Food Safety Reports;

II LEASED CAR MILEAGE RATES

There was submitted Agenda Note AN68-2004 advising the Committee that the trade unions had recently requested a further review of leased car mileage rates.

The Committee approved the adoption by the Council of the Inland Revenue advisory fuel mileage rates as detailed below with effect from 1st January, 2004 and, in order to avoid the recurring pattern of trade union requests to review and catch up on price increases, it was further agreed that the rates in force each 1st April be applied for the whole of that financial year, having noted that the cost of implementing this recommendation would be approximately 7,000 in a full financial year and would be contained within departments' existing revenue budgets.

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

III EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - SECOND TIER OFFICERS' SALARIES

There was submitted Agenda Note AN62-2004 making reference to Article XIV of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 30th June, 2003, wherein the Committee approved a report on Second Tier Officers' Salaries.

The Committee approved the recommendation detailed in the note.

LORD PROVOST JOHN R LETFORD, Convener.