A MEETING OF OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL’S STAFFING COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY 2ND MAY 2012 AT 7.00PM VICTORIA HALL, 39 HIGH STREET, OAKHAM AGENDA

What I cant understand is why when our Mayor publicly stated her disapproval regarding the Clerks
constant absences, this still continues many months on.

The Council finally agreed a sickness policy, after many years of not having one.The policies look good on paper, but they are no good if you don't put them into practice.

The tax payer is paying the Clerk over the odds and is getting a raw deal. He himself said very few residents
visit the office and this I am sure helped with the decision to open the office less.

When the clerk is often absent the role is completed by his part time assistant I think that sums up his overpaid role.

Over 80% over the precept goes on administrating the council and most of that is made up of the Clerks wage. If this was a commercial company the Town Council would have been put into administration years ago.

I also find it difficult ot understand why when the Clerk is off sick on a Monday or Friday he can visit the office to print a notice of explanation and post it on the office door?

Many residents maybe surprised to know the Clerks role is full time and his take home pay is over £2,000 a month.

If you have ever had the pleasure of speaking to him on the phone when you have mistakenly called the town council instead of the county council, you may have experienced his rather rude telephone manner, which I personally have witnessed on a number of occasions.


Oakham Town Council
Victoria Hall, 39 High Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6AH
Telephone: 01572 723627 Fax: 01572 759395
e-mail: enquiries@oakhamtowncouncil.gov.uk

A MEETING OF
OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL’S
STAFFING COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY 2ND MAY 2012 AT 7.00PM
VICTORIA HALL, 39 HIGH STREET, OAKHAM
AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES – Standing Order 1(u)
(i) To receive apologies for absence
(ii) To decide whether to approve apologies for absence

2. MINUTES (Appendix A)
To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Staffing Committee held on Wednesday 23rd
November 2011

3. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in respect to items on the agenda

4. DEPUTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC
Members of the Public are invited to address the meeting in accordance with the procedures laid
down in Standing Orders 1(d) – 1(i)

5. EXEMPT ITEMS
(i) To decide whether to exclude the Public and Press during considerations of Items 6,7
and 8 on the agenda, under Section 100 (1) of the Local Government Act 1972, due to
the confidential nature of the matters to be discussed
(ii) To decide whether members of the Council who are not members of the Committee may
remain during consideration of items 6,7 and 8 on the agenda

6. INTERIM APPRAISAL OF ASSISTANT CLERK (Appendix B – Agreed objectives)
To discuss the Interim Appraisal and to make appropriate recommendations to the Council

7. INTERIM APPRAISAL OF CLERK (Appendix C – Agreed objectives)
To discuss the Interim Appraisal and to make appropriate recommendations to the Council

8. STAFF SICKNESS (Appendix D)
To consider absences of the employed staff through sickness and to make appropriate
recommendations, if necessary, to the Council


Richard White
Clerk to the Council
26th April 2012