Agenda item

Motion by Councillor Bandel - Staff Resourcing for the City Mobility Plan

1.    “Notes that workload across the Transport service area has been increasing which necessitated the change from 8-weekly to 4-weekly Transport and Environment Committee meetings agreed at the City of Edinburgh Council meeting in December 2023.

2.    Notes with concern that these increased demands on officer time have not been matched by a proportionate investment in staffing. Further notes repeated warnings by officers that several key teams are under extreme pressure and lacking the staff capacity to deliver projects to agreed timescales.

3.    Regrets that these pressures are causing delays in the delivery of the City Mobility Plan and other key areas of work that are crucial to meeting the Council’s car km reduction targets and achieving its climate target of Net Zero by 2030.

4.    Further regrets the unacceptable negative impact on staff wellbeing the lack of resourcing has been causing.

5.    Requests officers to provide all political groups with information detailing the investment in staffing needed to deliver the City Mobility Plan 2021-2030 on time for consideration as part of the Council’s 2024/25 budget setting process by October. This should include information about how roles should be prioritised for investment / recruitment, taking into account the sustainable transport hierarchy.”