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