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Derbyshire axes chief executive role to save money
Derbyshire County Council has approved a proposal to scrap the chief executive role and reduce its top management team in a bid to save more than £300,000 a year.
Detailed plans to do without the role of chief executive and reduce the top management team were presented to a special meeting of Full Council and a debate was held by councillors before the proposals were approved by a vote.
The plans will result in two existing high-rank posts being abolished, the assistant chief executive and strategic director of corporate resources, in addition to chief executive.
A single new post will be created to focus on making sure the council provides quality services which are good for money called strategic director of commissioning, communities and policy.
The council is currently consulting with those affected and it is expected that the new management structure will be implemented at the end of the year.
Barry Lewis, leader of Derbyshire County Council, said: “It's our public duty to constantly look for savings to balance the council's books.
"That sometimes means being bold and doing things differently − it's the right thing to do because every saving we make helps us to carry on providing quality frontline services for the people of Derbyshire.
”We have been as open and transparent as we can possibly be, given that individual employees are affected. But I want to be absolutely clear that, whilst the legal rights of the employees will of course be respected, there is no intention of making any 'golden handshake' payments.
“As well as cutting costs on senior managers, we've also reduced the allowances paid to our councillors holding positions on Cabinet by around 12 per cent, saving the council just under £29,000 a year.”
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