CHANGES to the way Selby District Council is run have been called “embryonic and rough around the edges”, by one councillor.
The council’s constitution will be amended at a meeting tonight, to implement a new Service Delivery Vehicle, first announced as a potential cost-cutting exercise in November.
Under the new proposals, council staff would be reduced from about 300 to a core of only 14, including the chief executive, and services will be commissioned through the third sector and charities, rather than its own staff.
A council spokesman said: “Selby faces a reduction of 15 per cent in Government grant starting this April, so we need to act fast if we’re to meet this challenge. If agreed, the proposals will be subject to consultation- staff and Unison will be involved in this process.”
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