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RECOMMENDED TO
COUNCIL
 

(i)      To approve the
£41,200 increase in the 2023/24 salaries budget to
accommodate the creation two extra posts, one in Environmental
Health team and a temporary post in Economic Development.

 

REASON

 

(i)      All local authorities are
under a statutory duty to inspect housing and ensure that the
powers used to tackle housing problems are
effectively discharged. The increase in awareness of damp
issues, new guidance on damp and in the increase in the number of
applications houses in multiple occupation has led to a need for an
extra employee permanently in the Environmental Health Private
Sector Housing Team.

 

(ii)      In the Economic Development
Service there is a need for a temporary role to carry out
the extra work associated with the Shared Prosperity Fund and get
the service prepared for the likely full or phased retirement of
its three officers.