Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk

The Committee considered a Report of the Town Clerk concerning a request for additional resources for the Committee Services team.

A Member was of the view that with the creation of several new Committees and working groups over the last 12 months, this request would be hard to deny. He suggested that while funding should be approved, a report presenting proposals on how this growth in Committees/working groups could be curtailed in future; the growth we had seen in the last year was unsustainable. Officers would present this to Members of the Policy and Resources Committee in the autumn.

A Member clarified that the secretariat for the Billingsgate Sub-Committee will be covered by the Markets Directorate so would not have a direct impact on the Committee Services Team.   

RESOLVED – that the Committee approved the provision of £111k this year to fund the posts from its 2018/19 contingency.