Minutes:
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.
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