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Apologies Minutes: There were no apologies. |
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Members' Declarations under the Code of Conduct in respect of items on the agenda Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 28th May 2020. Minutes: RESOLVED – That the public minutes of the meeting held on 28th May be approved as an accurate record.
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Tackling Racism Taskforce PDF 101 KB Report of the Town Clerk. Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a Report of the Town Clerk concerning the Tackling Racism Taskforce.
The Chair welcomed Caroline Addy and Andrien Meyers to the meeting; Ms Addy and Mr Meyers were appointed co-Chairs of the Taskforce earlier in July, and provided the Establishment Committee with an update on both the initial setting up of the Taskforce and a summary of the discussion and output from its first meeting.
As a starting point, the Chairs emphasised to the Committee that the Taskforce was practically focused; as well as capturing the proposals and formulating policies specific to the City, it would gather best practice from other local authorities, and consult with appropriate external specialists.
It was critical that the momentum of recent months wasn’t allowed to dissipate and, as such, the Taskforce would look to deliver an interim report in September, with a finalised version ready by December.
The Taskforce have identified seven areas/workstreams that will inform its output over the coming months, namely; - Governance - Education - Staff- career progress - Business - Police - Livery - Health and wellbeing
The Taskforce wants to avoid “developing endless policies” or “replicating work which had already been carried out”; the overarching aim was to, at pace, develop policies that would bring about effective organisation change, in essence, racism is a structure, not an event, and it was the Taskforce’s role to advocate for and support the Corporation in trying to dismantle this structure.
Mr Meyers provided a summary of the first meeting of Taskforce, in which the Co-Chairs addressed the BAME Staff Network, this was attended by 120 members of staff. Initially setting out the purpose of the taskforce, they then went into “listening mode”; six broad themes emerged:
1.The need for a safe space to voice concerns with regard for any |
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Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Committee Minutes: Questions were raised as follows:
Prior to the meeting a Member of the Court had emailed the Chair asking for an update on where we had got to with introducing “Ban the Box”.
The Director of Human Resources responded that a roll-out of Ban the Box was in progress (with certain caveats around those requiring a CRB check) and it should be ready for final sign off in the coming weeks. |
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Any other business that the Chair considers urgent Minutes: The following item of urgent business was raised –
On behalf of the Committee, the Chair formally thanked the departing Joyce Nash and Barbara Newman for their sterling contributions to the Committee for the past 33 and 23 years respectively. Their efforts had been invaluable, and Members would look to build upon their work in the years ahead. |
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Exclusion of the Public MOTION - That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act. Minutes: RESOLVED – That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of the Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act. |
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Non-Public Minutes To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 28th May 2020. Minutes: The Committee considered the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 28th May. |
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Job Retention Scheme Report of the Director of Human Resources. Minutes: The Committee considered a Report of the Director of Human Resources concerning the Job Retention Scheme. |
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Non-Public Questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee Minutes: There were no questions. |
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Any other business that the Chair considers urgent and which the Committee agrees should be considered whilst the Public are excluded Minutes: There were no items of urgent business. |
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Confidential Minutes To agree the Confidential minutes of the last meeting held on 28th May 2020. Minutes: RESOLVED - that the confidential minutes of the meeting held on 28th May be approved as an accurate record. |
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Staff Structuring - City of London School Report of the Bursar, City of London School. Minutes: The Committee considered a Report of the Bursar of the City of London School. |
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Target Operating Model update Verbal Report of the Town Clerk. Minutes: The Committee received a verbal Report of the Town Clerk concerning the Target Operating Model (TOM) |
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Question raised by the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee Note of the Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee. Minutes: The Committee received a question from the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee
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Town Clerk's Update The Town Clerk to be heard. Minutes: The Town Clerk did not add anything to his earlier comments at ITEM 14. |