Decision details

The report of the Assistant Director Environment was submitted requesting an increase in the 2016/17 revenue budget to allow for an uplift of five staff to ensure there was the optimum complement of staff to operate Waste Operation and the Materials Reclamation Facility (MRF) effectively.  This increase would be partly offset by resulting reductions in agency staff use.

The Assistant Director Environment advised of the proposed change in relation to the second recommendation outlined in the report, as there was a wish to reduce the dependency on agency staffing at an early stage.

In response to a Member’s question, the Assistant Director Environment clarified that the proposed budget for agency staff was £57,000.

Scrutiny Committee – Resources considered the report at its meeting on 18 November 2015 and its comments were reported.

RECOMMENDED that Council approve:-

(1)        the revised Waste Operations and MRF staff establishment as set out in Appendix 1;

(2)        an additional budget of £57,359; and

(3)        preparation of a business case for the deletion of the (currently vacant) post of Clinical Waste van driver to be submitted to Executive at a later date.