Decision

1.   
To approve the changes to the Governance &
Democracy staffing establishment and structure as set out at para 8 below, ie

(i)           
Delete one of the career graded Senior Lawyer
posts (up to band 13) and create a new Legal Services Manager post (Band 14,
subject to evaluation) to manage the legal service;

(ii)         
To replace the Democratic Services Manager post
and create a new Lawyer, Governance role, to provide specialist governance
advice, manage the Democratic Services function and to act as Deputy Monitoring
Officer.

(iii)        
To amend the Admin Officer post from a .8 FTE to
a full-time post to increase resilience and support for the Governance &
Democracy Team;

(iv)        
To delete the existing Information Governance
Officer role (Band 8) and replace with a new part-time 0.6 fte Information
Governance Lawyer Role (up to Band 11);

2.   
To agree to the additional cost of £4510.00 to
be added to the Governance & Democracy staffing budget to fund the cost of
the changes to the establishment.