27 July 2026 – Agenda
SUMMONS TO ATTEND A MEETING
TO: All Members of the Personnel Committee
Cllr A Gilbert (Town Mayor)
Cllr A Wainwright (Deputy Mayor)
Cllr M Baines (Chair of Planning)
Cllr P Cowell (Chair of Community Services)
Cllr M Dyer (Chair of Corporate Governance)
Cllr C Jones (Chair of Environment & Assets)
To all other Members for information
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Personnel Committee on 27 July 2026 at 10:00am (maximum two hours) in the Meeting Room (Thame Town Hall) for the transaction of business as set out on the attached agenda.
Mandy Sturdy
Town Clerk of the Council
Date: 21 July 2026
AGENDA
1) Apologies for Absence
To receive and approve apologies for absence.
2) Declarations of Interest and Dispensations
To notify of any items that appear in the agenda in which there may be an interest that has not been recorded in the Member’s Register of Interest, and confirmation of any relevant dispensations.
3) Public Participation and Public Questions
To consider applications from members of the public to address the Committee (5 minutes maximum), in respect of any item of business included in the agenda. Applications to speak must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 5pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
To consider questions from members of the public (who live, work, or run a business in the Parish). Written questions must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 4pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
4) Minutes
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 12 January 2026.
5) Exclusion of the Public
To move: That under Section 1, Paragraph 2 of The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business because publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.
6) Staff Pensions
To receive a presentation about council staff pensions
7) Councillor Training Matrix
To receive the draft councillor training matrix in regard to induction and ongoing councillor training and consider any recommendations.
8) Staffing Matters
To receive an update on staffing matters and consider any recommendations.
9) Council Staffing Levels
To receive a report on staff levels and costs and consider any recommendations.
10) Council Policies
To review and approve the following council policies:
Staff Induction Policy