Oakham Town Council to Review Policy and Procedures Again

Oakham Town Council to Review Policy and Procedures Again

I  have lost count how many times changes have been made over the last year.
Policy and procedures should only be reviewed each year.

We need a professional to do the job, because once again things are coming back to
council to correct the mistakes made in previous changes.

What is funny is one of them is to the six month rule....


14. REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (Appendix I)
To consider a report and to make any decisions as appropriate

Report No. TC05717
Appendix: I
Agenda Item: 14
Council
Date of Meeting: 11/10/17
OAKHAM TOWN COUNCIL
Report Authors: Cllrs Michael Haley,
Peter Ind
Title:
Review of Policies and Procedures
Subject: Revision of:
 Code of Conduct
 Complaints Policy
 Dignity at Work – Bullying and harassment Policy
 Grievance Procedures
Strategic Aim:
8. Provide a supportive and professional environment for staff to enable
professional development and ensure efficient and effective working
practices.
Background
The Policies and Procedures Working Group is required to periodically review Policies and
procedures.
Recommendation

The changes (show in red) are made to the following Policies and Procedures:
Code of Conduct

2.1 The Code applies to all members of the Council and to all co-opted members of any
 Committee or sub-committee of the Council and working groups. For the purpose of this
 code, a co-opted member is a person who is not an elected member of the Council.
2.2 Remove
2.3 Becomes 2.2

Complaints Policy
1. line 4: by a Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 8 August 2012 and amended on
13 September 2017.

Line 6: subject to 6(r). This states where a resolution or decision has been made by the
Council and is recorded in the approved minutes, it will not be reviewed or rescinded for
a period of at least six months, without the prior agreement of the Council meeting.

Dignity at Work – Bullying and harassment Policy
No changes other than review date change to 13 September 2017.

Grievance Procedures

No changes other than reviewed date change to 13 September 2017.