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From YouTube: Full Council Tuesday, 10th April, 2018 2.00 pm

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Full Council
Tuesday, 10th April, 2018 2.00 pm

Papers: https://democracy.bristol.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=142&MId=3086

0:00:00 Agenda Item 01 - Welcome and safety information
0:02:50 Agenda Item 02 - Apologies for absence
0:03:46 Agenda Item 03 - Declarations of interest
0:04:00 Agenda Item 04 - Public forum
0:11:10 Agenda Item 05 - Appointment of Head of Paid Service

A

A

Can you please take your seats.

A

Good afternoon everybody we've got some safety information for you and it's on the board behind me.

A

Right, we now have apologies for absence. We have received apologies from counts to brain bradshaw, davies, english, jackson, khan and mercy. Are there any more.

B

David James sorry.

A

C

To Boden james.

C

Josh clark, yes mark right. Yes, chris davis.

C

A

D

You connecting apologies for council, malaya, s--, council windows, councillor quarterly and council ready thank.

A

You is that is that it right there's. No other apologies right. Thank you, declarations of interest. Are there any declarations of interest? Please.

A

No right so we can move on to the public forum. This is an extraordinary full council meeting, so public forum must relate specifically to the business for which the meeting has been arranged. We have one statement from Oliver: Fortune is Oliver here. Thank you. You have up to one minute to present the statement.

E

Okay, we're here today to hear about one man earning 165 thousand pounds a year. The budget for libraries has been slashed by 1.4 million pounds.

E

Seventeen libraries were listed as threatened in the 2017 neighborhood consultation, 1.4 million / 17 is about 80 mm, so 165 thousand pounds could comfortably save to libraries, Bristol City Council's sacrifice six-figure salaries and prioritize public services. Instead, that's why I pay my council tax. A hundred and sixty-five thousand pounds is over seven times the average Bristol salary. It's so out of touch with the reality of many of us struggling to survive on stagnant salaries in Bristol.

A

Thank you move on to questions and the first one again is from oliver fortune as displayed on the screen, marries to reply, and then you may ask a supplementary.

F

So, thanks for your question, oliver, I anoles will be big salaries to to many many people, including myself, but we have to look at the way the world is. The council is a billion pound organization, with over five thousand employees responsible for running a city of half a million people with 183 thousand households and an economy worth 14 over 14 billion pounds. So these top four positions we got are incredibly important positions and we have to fill them.

F

We have to follow me people with the expertise and that the the brutal reality is that we just wouldn't be able to find people with the expertise to be able to take on these positions.

F

If we didn't pay at what is acceptable at the market rate, what I would say is that actually in Bristol we have the lowest average pay for this role compared to the core cities, we're the only cool cities to keep a one to ten pay ratio, and under this administration, we've put in a flatter, streamline senior management structure that saves 800,000 pounds a year, giving us a low overall lowest overall management, salary cost of any comparable city. So we've absolutely taken to account the need to take our savings in-house and protect frontline services.

E

Okay, could you send me a job description of what this person does I.

F

Don't see why not okay.

E

A

We move next to question two from Julie Boston again this is displayed on the screen. Mayor Reese will reply and then you can make ask a supplementary question.

G

My question has been centered by Britt censored by Bristol City Council reason.

A

Your legal services.

G

Which is why it's only got one sentence, so I will sum, which is if Mike Jackson is appointed as executive director of resources made.

A

A very Julie you.

G

Amazingly, talented man keep 17 public libraries open with the paid staff reopened, the for rent offices reopened. The closed laboratories reopen the youth clubs reopen Shore, start centers, reopen the swimming pools and support Bristol walking for health.

A

Would you like to open a.

E

F

What I can say is they will be part of a top team responsible for an organization with a billion pound budget over five fires and staff and all the descriptions of Bristol I shared. We ran a rigorous selection process and I. Think many people across the country will absolutely recognize that we've not done it simply with Bristol City, it's not even as just this administration.

F

We've talked to our city partners, we've talked to the the councillors as well, and we believe we've hired someone with the experience and skills we'll be able to deliver for the citizens of Bristol and shortly this chamber will have the opportunity to say if they agree.

A

This is a statement, not a question.

A

Statement what.

A

We do not know what the question was, so we are no. We are going to move on.

F

We've made we've made an absolute you made an absolute commitment on inclusive gross social injustice and against not we and that's what we expect people to deliver. We made a huge piece of out values in the recruitment process. Is one thing that all the candidates across all the positions have a very knowledge stand, will expect an incident to work in my way, the values we have, which is about making sure that we're financially competent local authority?

F

We don't want to go the way of Northamptonshire County Council and to make sure that we are taking care of everyone in the city with a disproportionate amount of attention paid to the most vulnerable.

A

You have now had your questions plea going to go onto agenda item 5 the appointment of the head of paid service as Lord Mayor I've moved. The reports can I ask the deputy Lord Mayor to second it. Please.

H

Second, did Lord Mayor, reserving my remarks please thank.

A

You very much we will now move to the vote on the report. Recommendation. Those in favor, please say aye any against. Please say no.

C

Decent debate to call a vote because I've not actually heard a single member called as part of the debate.

A

We had a very responsible team who appointed who made the appointment. So yes, I'm, happy that we should go ahead. Have.

C

You called any members to see if they wish to debate the motion. I mean for the motion to be a valid votes. That does that you have to be a debate. I was part of the selection team, I'm, very confident in the selection we made I've just.

A

Report said it was a human animus decision by the committee, so I am I'm happy that which go it should go ahead.

H

It's about the salary rather than the individual and I think.

A

Obviously, that is the that is the position of the HR committee. It's not for this meeting to discuss and to alter look.

B

Man, I just humbly remind you: it's been moved and seconded, so the message should be voted upon. Thank.

A

You very much Richard, so we've those in favor of said I any against. Please say no.

A

It's carried then, and that is the end of the meeting. Thank you.