Office & Staffing Committee report for 1/3/2016 Council meeting
Overtime report
Administrative Assistant: one hour incurred in clerk’s absence
Leave report
Clerk: twelve hours remain in this financial year; leave will be taken 22- 26 Feb; 21st-24th March, leaving three days to be arranged
Administrative Assistant: one day – has been arranged to be taken
Office cleaner: one day – this will be taken before the end of the year
Office matters
Storage of office data: methods of storage are being investigated
New web-site storage of data: there is a resolution on the agenda
CAT terminal: we hope it will at last be up and running by March
Access to office: the committee would like to remind colleagues that when any councillor has business to discuss with the staff or needs them to take action or produce material, an appointment must be made in advance, so that this can be fitted into the working day
Staffing
Appraisals: the Clerk’s annual appraisal has taken place; the Administrative Assistant’s will follow
Staff pensions: the Council has to decide what pension scheme to offer to new staff and to current staff who are not already enrolled on one. A recommendation to offer the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) scheme rather than our present Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is on the agenda. Essentially, the NEST scheme is much less costly to Council (and to employees) but offers a less attractive pension as a result
Appointment of an RFO: the job description having been finalised, an advertisement for the post has been placed, with the closing date for applications on 11th March and interviews the following week
Clerk’s new role: the clerk will no longer be the Council’s RFO but will continue some involvement with Council finances as the Financial Assistant: a job description has been agreed
Rosalind Bolton (chairman Office and Staffing Committee)