Wednesday 30 June 2010

Barnet Council and the deckchairs on the titanic


From our special Barnet Council Correspondent,

Moving from Freer / Boland / Walkley setup to the proposed ... From 4 Deputy Directors and 23 Assistant Directors to 5 Deputy Directors and 21 Assistant Directors costs (drum roll)

"5.6 The posts at Appendix 1 have been evaluated and the estimated cost is £2.6m including on-costs and Directors have confirmed that this can be met within their existing service budgets. ( where was this money spent before?)"

"2.3 This restructure will address at the Senior Management team level:

  • The large number of secondments; staff on acting up arrangements and the use of interims
  • Capacity gaps
  • Creating a management team cadre that is proportionate in the light of the downturn in public expenditure ( spend £2.6m more on a restructure AGAIN!)
  • Clarity and consistency of role accountability across the Senior Management Team (<< are they having a laugh!)
  • The capability to reshape the authority to respond to Future Shape requirements ( they haven't agreed what that is yet)
  • It also recognises the additional responsibilities placed upon Local Authorities e.g. Transfer of responsibility from the LSC for 14-19 year olds"  
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Thanks to our special Barnet Council Correspondant for the blog. The Barnet Eye always welcomes guest blogs

1 comment:

Don't Call Me Dave said...

So last year we had an expensive restructuring to reduce chief officer posts (paying Clive Medlam a handsome payoff no doubt) and now we have another expensive restructuring to recreate the posts recently abolished.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Get a grip Hillan, that’s what you are paid to do.