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We had our meeting yeterday and although some of it was in the 'Pink' and I can not talk about that here are some of the facts and figures and some of the questions that were asked along wth some of the Statements.
Marianne Abley from the LGA Local Goverment Association stated that 38 Authorities had already go together in Joint Management and that they had all worked,some with a saving of £1.4 million,it also gave the Council more clout and enabled the Councils to combime more department.
The idea is to bring in outside H.R. consultants to see if either of the Chief Excutives are suitable or wether it should be advertised.The idea is not just to find a new Chief Excutive but also a senior management team this is where the savings will be made.
My first question was did M/s Abley know of the Council in Lincolnshire that joined together and had to be seperated as it didnt work,she admitted she did know this case,which went against what she had said that they all had worked,and another thing is only 38 Councils have combined so far out of several hundred Councils.
We also discussed if there would be a deputy Chief Exc but Cllr Scales wasnt sure if this would be the case or not,and he said it was not going to be a Unitary but we couldnt be sure how far the joining together would go.
Because the best and worst case estimated costs are in the Public Papers I can give you those.
Table 1,These are the estimated costs .
assuming a Chief Excutive annual salary with benefits of £120k.
...........................................Best case...................Worst case............................
Redundancy of 1 Chief Exc....180,000
Redundancy of 2 Chief Excs ....................................480,000...............................................................
Search/recruitment.................50,000.........................100,000...............................................................
Employment law costs................5,000..........................10,000................................................................
Total Cost...............................235,000........................590,000...............................................................
Net saving on one Chief Ex salary less marginal potenial salary increse for new post.........................................143,000.......................143,000...............................................................
Payback period in years..............1.60...............................4.1............................................................