Issue - meetings
Request to appoint a temporary Environmental Health Officer
Meeting: 22/09/2020 - Appointments and Staffing Committee (Item 10)
10 Request to appoint a temporary Environmental Health Officer 
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Report of the Assistant Director of Regeneration & Development
Minutes:
Report of the Assistant Director Regeneration and Development explained the requirement to appoint a qualified Environmental Health Officer. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic Tamworth Borough Council are anticipating a surge in demand in the coming months and the need to urgently increase capacity within the Environmental Health Team. Staffordshire County Council has provided Tamworth Borough Council with £50,000 funding to temporarily boost the capacity of the Environmental Health Service and provide an Out of Hours Emergency Response.
This fund has already increased the hours of part time staff and implemented an out of hour’s rota, the remainder of the funding from Staffordshire County Council purposes to employ a full time Environmental Health Officer for 7 months. Or if this is unsuccessful, to use an employment agency to appoint a full time Environmental Health Officer for a limited time period within the remaining budget
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RESOLVED |
That Committee;
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Approved the request to employ a temporary full time Environmental Health Officer (EHO) for 7 months. If the recruitment process for this post is unsuccessful permission is then sought to appoint a full time agency EHO for a limited time period within the remaining budget. |
(Moved by Councillor S Doyle and seconded by Councillor Dr S Peaple)
