MINUTES
Minutes of a meeting of the Personnel sub-committee held on Friday 13 March 2020 at 12 noon in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex
PRESENT: Cllr F Richards (Chairman), Cllrs A Barnes, M Caton and J O’Brien
ATTENDING: Mrs R Clifford – Clerk to the Council
323 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – None
324 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST – None
325 MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 3 March are yet to be approved by Full Council.
326 SALARY REVIEWS
Updated appraisals for all staff had been circulated to the sub-committee members ahead of the meeting. The Clerk reminded members that
- the Council has approved an increase of up to 2% across the salaries budget for 2020-21.
- The Clerk is paid in line with the NJC Scales published by NALC but the scales effective from 1 April 2020 have not yet been received.
- The Living Wage will increase from £8.21 to £8.72 per hour from 1 April 2020.
The staff appraisals were then discussed in detail, after which Cllr Richards proposed the following
RESOLUTION that staff salary awards, as detailed in the confidential notes to these minutes, be made effective from 1 April 2020. The proposals fall within the approved salary budget for 2020-21.
Seconded by Cllr Caton and unanimously agreed.
Cllr O’Brien noted that the Council has always erred on the side of caution and tends to slightly over-budget across all headings. One salary budget code was identified as being a little low and Cllr Richards therefore proposed the following
RECOMMENDATION that the Council considers increasing the budget for 2020/21 under code 4002 from £22,137 to £23,000, the difference of £863 to be covered by the free reserve.
Seconded by Cllr Caton and unanimously agreed.
327 JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Ruth had sent some example job descriptions for each of the proposed staff positions to Fran for consideration – these had been taken from the NALC website and other local
council job advertisements. Fran will look at these and amend to tailor them to the Council’s own requirements and then circulate to all for consideration ahead of the next meeting.
328 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
24 March 2020, 7.30pm. (postponed due to Covid-19)
SUMMONS
OPEN SPACES COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the OPEN SPACES COMMITTEE to be held at 7.45pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Committee
3 To appoint the Tennis Club Representative
4 To appoint the Parish Public Footpath Representatives
5 To appoint the Parish Tree Warden – vacant
FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE to be held at 7.50pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Committee
3 To appoint the Health Matters Representative
4 To appoint the Police Liaison Representative
5 To appoint Neighbourhood Watch Representative
HIGHWAYS SUB-COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the HIGHWAYS SUB-COMMITTEE to be held at 7.55pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Sub-Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee
3 To co-opt Mr Peter Jones and Mr Ray Woodcock
PERSONNEL SUB-COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the PERSONNEL SUB-COMMITTEE to be held at 7.58pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Sub-Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee
WINDMILL SUB-COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the WINDMILL SUB-COMMITTEE to be held at 8.00pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Sub-Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee
EMERGENCY PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE
You are summoned to attend a meeting of the EMERGENCY PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE to be held at 8.02pm on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in the Mountfitchet Exchange, Crafton Green, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex when the following business will be transacted:
AGENDA
1 To elect a Chairman of the Sub-Committee
2 To elect a Vice-Chairman of the Sub-Committee
3 To co-opt Mr Peter Jones and Mr Iain Rankin
Ruth Clifford, Parish Clerk – 6 May 2021