Agenda item

Members considered a report on the proposed arrangements for the induction of the new Council in May 2017.

Officers stated that the Chief Executive had suggested that the induction should not take place immediately following the election and the new Council should be provided with some space and time to allow the political groups to organise themselves. It was noted that the proposed date of 29 May, 2017 would be a Bank Holiday and the start of half term week.

Members queried the scope of the tour arrangements contained within Appendix One and advised that further thought be given to providing tours of both Civic Centres as well as The Quays Council offices, officers agreed to consider these proposals. It was suggested that staff within Democratic Services would not necessarily need to undertake the tours but it was something that could potentially be undertaken as part of the mentoring scheme if agreed by the respective political groups.

Members also suggested describing training sessions as either ‘mandatory’ for training which is obligatory or ‘essential’ for training which is considered important but not obligatory. 

In relation to induction materials Members requested that such documentation should be placed clearly on the ‘Members Hub’ section of the intranet so that if any Member is inducted outside of the main induction period then the learning materials would still remain available for training purposes.

Resolved:

1.   That officers look at the start date of the induction programme

2.   That officers consider other Civic buildings to be included in any tour arrangements

3.   That where possible the terms ‘Essential’ and ‘Mandatory are used to describe the different categories of training.

4.   Induction materials are trialled with newly elected Member(s) as they are developed and when appropriate.