Issue - meetings

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor agreed that

the proposed reduction in the trade union secondment budget by £40,000 for

2016/17 be approved.

Councillor Bonavia reminded the Mayor the Overview & Scrutiny Business

Panel had asked that this decision be taken at a Mayor & Cabinet meeting.

He said the background to this saving was the massive reduction in resources

provided by the Government which had led to a workforce of 4500 being

reduced to less than 2500 with further job losses expected. He said the Trade

Unions had been consulted and had accepted the proposal to delete a vacant

post.

In answer to a question from Councillor Millbank, the Head of Human

Resources stated trade union secondments were based on employee

numbers and that there had been no changes for eight years.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor, for the reasons

set out in the report:

RESOLVED that the proposed reduction in the trade union secondment

budget by £40,000 for 2016/17 be approved.