Policy and Strategy Committee

Thursday 9 March 2006 at 4.25 pm

Present:  Councillors Blair, Forbes, Fyfe, Hill, McCormick (M), Mitchell, Roach, Robertson and White.

Also Present:   Councillor Tucker.

Chair:  Councillor Blair presided.

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Interim Chief Executive. Mr Richard Blackburn, Mr G Douglas (for the Solicitor to the Council).

Apologies:  Councillors McCabe and Snoddy.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 11 of Part 1 of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Principles of Re-structuring

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There was submitted a report dated 20 February 2006 by the Interim Chief Executive describing the principles and framework under which the forthcoming re-structuring of management posts within the Council would take place and the Committee agreed to proceed, all as detailed in the appendix.