Council agrees new Council Service structure

Highland Councillors have unanimously accepted changes to the Council’s Service structure to align teams into five Services rather than the current seven, delivering year-on-year savings of £350,000 from 2014/15.

The current seven Services are:

The proposed new Services are:-

The changes will be implemented in two phases. The first phase will see the creation of two new Services – Capital & Development and Community Services by 31 March 2014. A target of 30 September, 2014 has been set for the formation of an integrated Children, Education and Adult Service.

Chief Executive Steve Barron will present a further report to the next Council meeting on Thursday 19 December setting out in detail the new Service management teams.