Policy And Resources Committee - 14/08/2006

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 14th August 2006.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

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

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 26th June 2006 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE

The minutes of meetings of the Personnel Appeals Sub-Committee of 15th and 22nd May and 3rd and 26th June 2006, copies of which are appended hereto (Appendices I to VI), were submitted and noted.

II SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICE - REVIEW OF STAFFING SERVICE

There was submitted Joint Report No 315-2006 by the Director of Social Work and Assistant Chief Executive (Management) proposing a revised staffing framework for the Occupational Therapy Service within the Social Work Department that would meet the aspirations of the recently completed Best Value Review of the Occupational Therapy Service.

The Committee approved:-

(a) the establishment of one post of Occupational Therapist, graded AP4/5+1, 21,327 - 27,039;

(b) the establishment of five posts of Support Worker, graded SCP19-24, 16,929 - 19,440;

(c) the establishment of two posts of Practical Assistant, graded GS3, 14,829 - 15,441;

(d) the establishment of five Senior Occupational Therapy Clinicians, graded at SCP30-37, 23,610 - 28,518, in accordance with the conditions outlined at paragraph 6.5 and Appendix 2 of the report;

(e) the deletion of three posts of Senior Occupational Therapist, graded PO1-4, 27, 039 - 29,349;

(f) the deletion of 4.5 posts of Occupational Therapy Assistant, graded GS3/AP1, 14,829-16,518; and

(g) the deletion of one post of Driver/Handyperson, graded MW3.

III SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - ESTABLISHMENT OF POST

There was submitted Agenda Note AN284-2006, making reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 10th February 2003 and Article VI of the minute of meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee of 8th May 2006 relative to the establishment of one temporary post of Administrative Assistant for a period of two years, graded AP3 (18,381 - 20,169) and one temporary post of Senior Clerical Assistant, graded GS3 (14, 466 - 15,063) to service arrangements for the "Fast Track Hearings".

The two posts had played a key role in the administration of Dundee's youth justice agencies in their work, including liaison and information-sharing, training, data collection/analysis and communications, and approval was sought to establish both posts on a permanent basis.

The Committee therefore agreed to establish both posts on a permanent basis, having noted that the cost in a full financial year would be 44,476, which would be funded in full by monies made available by the Scottish Executive to support the strategic development of youth justice services and the implementation of national Youth Justice Standards.

IV LEISURE AND COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT - COMMUNITY REGENERATION FUND PROJECTS - EXTENSION OF POST

There was submitted Agenda Note AN285-2006, making reference to Article I of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th April 2001, wherein the Committee approved the establishment of the following post on a fixed term basis:-

Subsequent to the above, further funding had been received and the hours had been increased to 32 hours per week.

It was reported that the Council had approved the allocation of additional Community Regeneration Fund monies to this project for a further two year period. The Committee therefore approved the extension of this post to 31st March 2008, and an increase in the hours to 37 per week, having noted that the financial implications of this proposal were 24,909 in a full year, inclusive of employer's costs and could be contained within the Community Regeneration Fund allocation.

V INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT - MODERNISING GOVERNMENT FUND 3 - EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY POSTS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN286-2006, advising that the Head of Information Technology and the Assistant Chief Executive (Management) had undertaken a review of the current projects being funded by the Modernising Government Fund, including Customer Relationship Management, Citizen Account and Electronic Service Delivery, and the employee resources required to fulfil current commitments, and had recommended that the undernoted temporary posts be extended as follows:-

The Committee approved this proposal, having noted that the financial implications of these extensions would be 53,514 in the current financial year and 32,485 in 2007/08, which could be met from the MGF funding received from the Scottish Executive.

VI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT - PPP PROJECT - EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY POST

There was submitted Agenda Note AN287-2006 making reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th September 2002, which established the technical staffing structure of the PPP Project Team.

The Committee agreed to approve the extension of the temporary post of Project Manager, graded PO15-18, 38,397 - 41,100, from 1st October 2007 until 31st October 2008, having noted that the total cost, including employer's costs, of extending this post amounted to 64,400, 25,760 in financial year 2007/08 and 38,640 in financial year 2008/09, provision for which would be included in those financial years' Revenue Budgets.

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

VII CORPORATE PLANNING DEPARTMENT - REGRADING OF POSTS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN252-2006, advising that at the request of the Assistant Chief Executive (Community Planning), the Assistant Chief Executive (Management) had undertaken a review of the duties and responsibilities of the posts of the Corporate Planning Manager and the Policy Planning Manager.

The Committee noted the additional duties and responsibilities and approved the regradings as detailed in the note.

Lord Provost John R LETFORD, Convener.