Decision details

Recommendations approved.

Reasons for recommendations:

Need for continued support to progress the document to Preferred Options.

Other options considered and rejected:

To look to backfill the vacant posts.  This is still the plan, but the previous recruitments have been unsuccessful.  The Councils are considering a new recruitment drive looking a replacing the 2 vacant officer posts with a single higher-level officer.  However, a recruitment drive at this time will not fill the vacant posts this calendar year, therefore we need to continue existing support until that process can commence.