Agenda item

The Board considered a report of the Assistant Chief Executive that provided confirmation that the 2014/15 to 2015/16 Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP 4) had been successfully delivered (for copy see file of minutes).

The Head of Policy and Communications reported that just over £23m savings had been delivered for 2014/15 which amounts to over £136m of savings since 2011 that forms part of the overall savings target for the period from 2011/12 to 2018/19 of around £250m. Feedback from the consultation would be reported to Cabinet in July.

In response to questions from Councillor E Adam regarding the ER/VR figures and salary protection scheme, the Head of Policy and Communication confirmed that the ER/VR figures had taken into account 391 employees that had found alternative employment through the Council’s redeployment process. He explained that employees that accept a position through the redeployment scheme would accept the new salary and would not be protected, however employees that had gone through restructure would be salary protected for 2 years.

The Head of Policy and Communication responded to questions from Councillor J Hillary regarding redeployment and figures on staff that had left the Authority. He explained that recruitment would only be carried out if there was a business case. The redeployment register would be considered first, if there were no suitable applicants then the position would be advertised internally and then externally. Figures on staff that had left the Authority would be provided after the meeting.

Resolved:

That the information contained in the report and the progress being made in delivering the MTFP4 be noted.