Labour Group Amendment

City Clean Dispute Resolution

That changes are made as shown in bold italics and strikethrough below.

That the Committee:

2.1       Having considered the options set out in section 4 and the financial and legal advice in sections 8 and 9 of the part 2 report, provides Instructs the Chief Executive as Head             of Paid Service and his management team to urgently explore the options set out             in section 4 of the part 2 report a clear negotiating steer with the GMB, taking into             account the legal and financial advice, and report back to a future meeting of the             Policy & Resources Committee once negotiations have been concluded.

2.2       Note that any resulting financial commitments would need to be factored into the

            sequence of reports leading up to and including Budget Council and will be

            considered by the cross-party Budget Review Group as part of the process.

2.3       Agree that affected staff and unions are advised of the council’s decision.

2.3       Instructs the negotiating team to immediately seek a dispensation specifically to             urgently address fire safety issues on behalf of residents, namely relating to bin             stores.

2.4        Consider Instructs the Chief Executive to immediately engage additional third-party support to the negotiating teams (as outlined in section 4 of the report) to support the negotiating teams in swiftly resolving the dispute in the interest of residents.

Proposed by: Cllr Allcock                                      Seconded by: Cllr Platts

Recommendations to read if carried:

That the Committee:

2.1       Instructs the Chief Executive as Head of Paid Service and his management team             to urgently explore the options set out in section 4 of the part 2 report with the             GMB, taking into account legal and financial advice, and report back to a future             meeting of the Policy & Resources Committee once negotiations have been             concluded.

2.2       Note that any resulting financial commitments would need to be factored into the

            sequence of reports leading up to and including Budget Council and will be

            considered by the cross-party Budget Review Group as part of the process.

2.3       Instructs the negotiating team to immediately seek a dispensation specifically to             urgently address fire safety issues on behalf of residents, namely relating to bin             stores.

2.4       Instructs the Chief Executive to immediately engage additional third party support             (as outlined in section 4 of the report) to support the negotiating teams in swiftly             resolving the dispute in the interest of residents.