Policy And Resources Committee - 08/01/2007

At a MEETING of the PERSONNEL COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th January, 2007.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

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

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 11th December, 2006 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MINUTE OF MEETING OF PERSONNEL APPEALS SUB-COMMITTEE OF 11TH DECEMBER, 2006

There was submitted and noted the minute of meeting of the Personnel Appeals Sub-Committee of 11th December, 2006, a copy of which is appended hereto.

II LEISURE AND COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT - DUNDEE HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVE - EXTENSION OF FIXEDTERM POSTS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN9-2007 whereby reference was made to Article XII of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 21st October, 2002, when a report on Dundee Healthy Living Initiative Staffing was approved, establishing the following posts:-

(i) 3 posts of Community Health Worker, graded AP4, and a post of Clerical Assistant, graded GS1/2, on a fixed term basis until 31st December, 2006; and

(ii) a post of Team Leader, Strategic Development, graded PO3-6, and a post of Senior Clerical Assistant, graded GS3, on a fixed term basis until 28th February, 2007.

It was reported that additional funding had been confirmed, and the Committee agreed to extend the above posts until 31st March, 2008, having noted that the costs, including employer's costs would amount to 182,800 for the financial year 2007/08.

III SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICE - ESTABLISHMENT OF FIXED TERM POSTS

There was submitted Agenda Note AN10-2007 whereby reference was made to Article II of the minute of meeting of the Social Work Committee of 18th December, 2006, wherein the Committee considered a report on Innovations and Developments in the Support of Ex-Offenders. The report detailed the requirement to establish a group work project to provide skills support for criminal justice clients aimed at enabling them to sustain accommodation and the establishment of a project to provide intensive support to women, with substance misuse problems, leaving prison and returning to Tayside.

In order to implement these projects, which would be managed by Dundee City Council on behalf of the Tayside Criminal Justice Partnership, the Committee agreed the establishment of the following posts:

(i) PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS INNOVATION FUND

Two posts of Criminal Justice Assistant, graded AP2, 16,929 - 18,324

These posts would be temporary for a period of one year.

The cost of establishing the above posts would be 44,000 in a full financial year which would be fully funded from the Scottish Executive's Preventing Homelessness Innovation Fund.

(ii) INTENSIVE SUPPORT TO WOMEN PRISONERS

One post of Senior Criminal Justice Assistant, graded AP3, 18,840 - 20,673

Four posts of Criminal Justice Assistant, graded AP2, 16,929 - 18,324

One part-time post of Clerical Assistant (18.5 hours), graded GS1/2, 10,938 - 14,577

These posts would be fixed term for the period April 2007 - March 2009.

The cost of establishing the above posts would be 122,500 in a full financial year which would be fully funded from additional Scottish Executive Criminal Justice Grant.

IV CORPORATE PLANNING DEPARTMENT - EXTENSION OF FIXED TERM POST

There was submitted Agenda Note AN11-2007 whereby reference was made to Article XII of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 13th February, 2006, wherein the Committee agreed the establishment of the post of Financial Inclusion Co-ordinator, graded PO1-4, 27,039 - 29,349, for a fixed period to March 2008.

It was reported that the Scottish Executive had confirmed that this post may be extended to September 2008 and could be fully funded from ring-fenced resources allocated to the Council through the Financial Inclusion Fund.

The Committee therefore agreed that the Financial Inclusion Co-ordinator post be extended to September 2008.

PART II - CONFIDENTIAL ITEMS

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 exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

V INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT - MANAGEMENT

There was submitted Report No 16-2007 by the Chief Executive and Assistant Chief Executive (Management) advising the Committee that the current Head of Information Technology would be retiring in August 2007 and proposing a revised senior management structure.

The Committee approved the recommendations regarding the retiral of the Head of Information Technology and approved the revised senior management structure.

Lord Provost John R LETFORD, Convener.