Human Resources Minutes (Singed) 09-11-2020

Minutes of a Meeting of the Human Resources Committee held on Monday 9th November 2020 at 7:00pm via Zoom

Attendance:
Councillor C O’Neill (Chairman)                                  Councillor P Hulbert
Councillor O Bowen                                                         Councillor M Jefferys
Councillor A Drummond                                                Councillor T Kerby
Councillor R Hood                                                           Councillor K Yarrow

Also Present: Debbie Baines – Town Clerk, Cathy Whitaker – RFO, Julie Ashton – Minute Assistant and 1 Member of the Public.

H/20/11/1 Chairman to announce that proceedings are being recorded and to advice that all participants will be muted by the host of the meeting who will unmute the individual the chairman has invited to speak
The Chairman opened the meeting and announced that proceedings were being recorded. All participants would be muted and would be unmuted when the Chairman invited individuals to speak.

H/20/11/2 Apologies for absence
There were no apologies.

H/20/11/3 Declaration of members interests and to remind councillors of the need to keep up to date their register of members interests and to consider any requests received for members dispensation
None noted.

H/20/11/4 To receive and confirm for accuracy the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 12th October 2020 abd any matters arising
Members received the minutes of the Human Resources Committee Meeting held on Monday 12th October 2020 and the following was agreed:

H/20/11/4.01 Resolved
That the minutes of the Human Resources Committee meeting held on Monday 12th October 2020 be adopted and would be signed as a true record by the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee after the meeting.

It was reported that the Budget Working Group had not formally met, as it had been considered that no changes should be made to the proposals presented to HR Committee on the 12th October.

H/20/11/5 Public open session
No members of the public wished to speak.

H/20/11/6 To receive the financial accounts for Human Resources
The HR accounts for October 2020 were received and noted.

H/20/11/7 Draft budget proposal
It was proposed that the draft submitted by the RFO be accepted. The following was agreed:

N/20/11/7.01 Recommendation
That the draft budget for the Human Resources Committee be received and adopted.

H/20/11/8 Date of next meeting
Monday 11h January 2021 via Zoom.

H/20/11/9 Items for inclusion on next agenda
None noted

H/20/11/10 Exclusion of the press & public
With the vote being unanimous, it was:

H/20/11/10.01 Resolved
To resolve that under the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, the public and press be excluded for the remainder of the meeting because of the likely disclosure of private and confidential information or staff matters.

The public left the meeting
H/20/11/11 ***Staff update***
Town Clerk confirmed that all office staff were able to work from home and she would be hosting weekly Zoom meetings to keep in touch. A summary of current tasks was given.

Employing the agency cleaner was discussed and the following was agreed:

H/20/11/11.01 Recommendation
That the agency cleaner be offered permanent employment at the revised rate, subject to clarification of any placement fees.

H/20/11/12 ***To consider request for staff training***
There were no requests for staff training.

Meeting closed at 7.23pm

Signed by the Chairman  Date 11/01/2021