Agenda item

(a)  Marie Rosenthal, County Clerk and Monitoring Officer, will present a Scrutiny Research report on control of employee costs amongst UK Core Cities;

(b)  Anna Freeman, Director of Employment at the Welsh Local Government Association, has been invited to attend the meeting to describe how Welsh local authorities are preparing to control their employee costs as part of the 2015/2016 budget setting process;

(c)  Councillor Graham Hinchey, Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Performance; Christine Salter, Corporate Director – Resources; and Phillip Lenz, Chief Human Resources Officer, have been invited to attend for this item;

(d)  Questions by Members of the Committee.