My comments to Breckland Council meeting regarding turnover of senior staff on Thursday 5th September 2013:
There are
some here today who, upon learning that several senior officers are leaving an
authority branded that authority “rudderless”. I speak of course of recent
Conservative comments regarding Norfolk County Council. However, if we were to
compare the percentage of Breckland officers leaving, or already left, versus
that of the county, perhaps we should be mulling the loss here of not just our
rudder, but also our steering wheel and sails.
Mr Chairman,
I find it troubling that this authority has been left in a position where it is
making what are ultimately rushed decisions, due to the fact that another
authority now, understandably wants its Chief Executive back. For a temporary
arrangement, this has gone on for quite some time with no apparent progress
made in the interim. And if progress has been made, we’re certainly not being
told about it as a Full Council and I am left to make my own assumptions.
But, Mr
Chairman, we’re not just facing the loss our Chief Exec on this occasion, we
faced the loss of the previous one not so long ago, and we’ve got the added
complication of the second in command going as well. A rather significant loss
to this Council given that individuals immense knowledge and experience
–(incidentally, this may be perhaps a pertinent time for me to wish him well
for the future and congratulate him on his promotion).
But Mr
Chairman, further to these two positions, I’m aware of the loss of several very
good members of staff during my time on this council in the past two years.
Which leaves
me to conclude, isn’t it time Mr Chairman that we undertook as a Council to
review the reasons for Brecklands staff turnover? Something’s clearly not
right, and if indeed the new Leader wants to move forward on a solid footing,
we need to ascertain this information. So I’d like to propose that as an
amendment to this recommendation.
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