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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
SCRUTINY

 

MINUTES

 

Thursday, 25 January 2007 at 12.00pm

New SCR, Selwyn College

 

Present: Mr Nick Downer (Chair); Dr
Elisabeth Leedham-Green (Secretary);
Miss Emma Easterbrook (Support
Officer); Dr Catherine Pitt; Mr David Yates; Mr Richard Stibbs; Dr Nick Holmes; Mr
Michael Kuczynski
; Mr
Frank King; Dr Margaret Glendenning; and Mr Roger Greeves.

 

1.

Apologies

Dr Peter
Sarris

 

2.

(i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest: Pro-Vice-Chancellor Andrew
Cliff

Pay and Grading:

-       Report
on Pay and Grading is to go to the General Board and Council

-       Cost:
overall £6.25 million; 3.1% pay rise in the salary bill; pensions implication
of approximately £1 million; it is in line with the budget

-       Circling:
red estimated 6%; actual 6.1%; green estimated 12 – 15%; actual 12.7%

-       Assimilation
phase has now been completed and we are now into review and appeal

-       Delay
of four to five weeks for new jobs

-       Approximately
500 jobs in review; hotspots in some areas

-       System
now gives flexibility to offer market pay packages

-       Need
to concentrate on other areas bring it into line with general government
policy

 

Governance:

-       Mr
Willy Brown is chairing a Working Group regarding Statute U, which governs
terms of employment and grievance procedure

-       Pensions
Advisory Group has been set up

-       Final
stages of implementation of CHRIS, which will improve ability to compile
statistics

-       Proposals
rearding promotion of STOs and College interfaces to be made this year

-       Decisions
regarding Schools should be dealt with by the Education Board

3.

 

Matters Arising

-      
Pay and Grading has had a severe impact on
morale

-      
More people to come forward to review

-      
The Board of Scrutiny’s role is to examine the
official line

 

4.

Minutes of Meeting on 23 November 2006

Approved.

 

5.

(i)

 

 

(ii)

 

 

(iii)

Any Other Business

To be kept under review

Oriental Studies; Membership of the Board; HPCF; CAMSIS; Voice over
IP; Pensions

 

Finances:

-       The
Board of Scrutiny to make a statement at the discussion of the Annual Reports

 

Meetings:

-       Visit
to Andrew Reid: NH, ND, RS

-       Visit
to Peter Deer and John Payne: CP, MG, ND, NH

 

6.

Date of next meeting

Thursday, 8 February 2007 at 12.00pm

New SCR, Selwyn
College

                                                                                                              

 

 

Emma Easterbrook

Support Officer

31 January 2007