14 July 2025 - HR Committee
NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE HR COMMITTEE
Dear Councillor,
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the HR Committee for Ruskington Parish Council which will be held on Monday 14 July 2025 at 1pm at Ruskington Parish Office, 7-9 High Street North, Ruskington, NG34 9DY. Members of the public and press are welcome to attend. All members of the HR Committee are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.
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Signed: K. H. Locke Clerk to Ruskington Parish Council |
K H Locke
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Dated: 9 July 2025 |
Agenda
1. To elect a Chairman for the committee for the civic year.
2. To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
3. To receive declarations of interest and to consider applications for dispensations in relation to DPIs.
4. To approve as a correct record the notes of the last HR Committee meeting held on 5 February 2025.
5. To elect a Vice-chairman for the committee for the civic year.
6. To review/ revise the annual appraisal form for the Clerk for recommending to Council
6.1. To review / revise the appraisal form for the Council’s other employees for recommending to Council.
7. To review the following policies for recommending to Council:
7.1. Lone working
7.2. Training and Development
7.3. Safeguarding Policy
8. To agree the date and time for Cllr Bain and Cllr Jennings to conduct the Clerk’s annual appraisal.
9. To confirm the date for the next HR Committee meeting as 23 September 2025 and consider any items for the agenda.
9.1. To agree the time for the meeting.
10. To resolve whether to exclude the public and press, in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, to discuss the staffing matters below. Should this resolution be passed, members of the public and press will be required to leave the meeting. The meeting will end, and a further meeting of the Council will be convened immediately.
11. To consider comments and suggestions from staff following their appraisals.
12. To consider changes to staff members’ job descriptions, as raised at appraisals and in correspondence, for recommending to Council and following consultations with the staff members.
13. To consider a request from a non-caretaking staff member for Council to purchase 3 navy blue polo shirts with council logos on for them to wear at work.
14. To review staff job descriptions and agree any amendments for recommending to Council.
15. To review staff pay for FY 2026-2027 and agree any amendments for recommending to Council.
16. To review Council’s contribution to staff pensions for FY 2026-2027 and agree any amendments for recommending to Council.