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Council structure changes approved
4:29pm Friday 16th May 2008
A MAJOR streamlining of Ryedale District Council's management structure was agreed by the authority last night.
Councillors rejected calls by Coun John Clark that approval of the new system, which will see the number of service heads reduced from 21 to five, should wait until the council had seen a list of any redundancies, details of the new posts and costings.
Coun Howard Keal said there was likely to be an overall reduction of just three staff and he saw the changes as being cost neutral to the council.
"This is a velvet revolution - it is a streamlining of our management which will give the council a strategic vision to take it forward and support our chief executive, Janet Waggott, in dragging the council forward."
Council leader Coun Keith Knaggs said: "There are too many people with overlapping areas of responsibility. This is not about staff quality, but staff organisation."
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