Councillor County Ged Mirfin
Email: Gerald.Mirfin@lancashire.gov.uk
Council: Lancashire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
60 meetings · Page 1 of 12
Annual General Meeting, Full Council - Thursday, 21st May, 2026 1.00 pm
Full Council - Thursday, 12th March, 2026 1.00 pm
The Full Council of Lancashire County Council convened on Thursday, 12 March 2026, addressing a wide range of issues from the remuneration of councillors to the future of the county's highways and care services. Key decisions included the approval of the Members' Allowance Scheme for 2026/27, the adoption of the Pay Policy Statement for the same year, and the confirmation of the 2026/27 Budget, which included a 3.80% increase in Council Tax. The council also voted to support Northern Powerhouse Rail and to write to the Secretary of State regarding its importance.
Decisions from Meetings
191 decisions · Page 33 of 39
Request from Full Council - Banking Hubs
From: Scrutiny Management Board - Wednesday, 13th November, 2024 10.30 am - November 13, 2024
...to establish a working group on Banking Hubs, as requested by the Full Council, and to have the Scrutiny Management Board report on its activities.
Recommendations Approved
Mental Health in the Construction Industry - Rapporteur Report
From: Scrutiny Management Board - Wednesday, 13th November, 2024 10.30 am - November 13, 2024
...to support the recommendations outlined in the Mental Health in the Construction Industry Rapporteur Report and submit them to the Cabinet Member for Resources, HR and Property for a formal written response.
Recommendations Approved
Workforce Matters
From: Community, Cultural, and Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 31st October, 2024 10.30 am - October 31, 2024
Oversight to cover areas of priority for 2024/25: • Continued focus on absence & productivity and data and metrics • Improve senior leadership resilience through succession planning • Improve manager capability through targeted development interventions • Support the organisation to change and redesign itself to support financial resilience - (HR, Absenteeism Recruitment and Performance Management) Organisational resilience – benchmarking Areas of consideration by CCCS Scrutiny from- • Deep-dive into sickness absence and our response • Deep-dive into recruitment and retention and workforce planning • Workforce demographics by service area and the risks/opportunities it presents Key questions / issues: • How is the council benchmarked r.e. performance management, hard-to-fill roles and sickness absence levels? • What are the hard-to-fill roles and what is officers' view on why the council is not attracting people to these roles? What do think tanks or external organisations suggest? • How is the council progressing against the Workforce Equality Strategy, and what areas are there for further research and improvement?
Recommendations Approved
Minutes of the Meeting Held on 26 September 2024
From: Community, Cultural, and Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 31st October, 2024 10.30 am - October 31, 2024
Recommendations Approved
Work Programme 2024/25
From: Community, Cultural, and Corporate Services Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 31st October, 2024 10.30 am - October 31, 2024
...to approve the recommendations for the 2024/25 work programme.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 60
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 191