But front-line staff need the authority to do their job and be left alone to do their job.
Meanwhile, staff at the authority have told the BBC that they are becoming overwhelmed by the pressure of dealing with applications.
Former police authority staff have been transferred to the new PCC office.
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Currently, workers for Anglesey County Council are the only local authority staff given a day off to celebrate the life of St David.
The number of officers across Cheshire will also reduce from 2, 060 to 1, 847 over the next four years through natural turnover of staff, the authority said.
At best, the imposition of a Director of National Intelligence, with new staff and budgetary authority to manage the entire intelligence community, is likely to be disruptive during a time of war.
The authority said staff who were in line for a pay cut would have their earnings conserved for three years.
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The local authority and staff from Scotland Transerv will explain the measures at a public meeting being held in the Black Isle on 23 August.
Up to 25 staff face redundancy but the authority said as many as possible would be redeployed.
In their closing submissions, the lawyers said Mrs Thompson had campaigned against the local authority and its staff over the past six years.
The council hopes redundancies can be avoided by absorbing staff into other posts within the authority.
In December, 206 staff were made redundant but the authority said it was not enough.
Also, more often than not, even where a pension has a full-time administrator or staff, these individuals have limited authority.
But now the authority has begun consulting staff on redundancy as it looks to sell the homes to the private sector.
The authority will also ask staff to take five days of unpaid leave a year as it tries to reduce costs.
As well as the 600 job losses, the authority is proposing limiting staff wage rises to 1% over the next two years.
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Councillors have deferred a decision on plans to cut around 200 staff at Powys council as the authority bids to balance its budget.
The first wave of Shropshire Council staff due to move into an authority-owned company should be in place by the end of the year, the council has said.
"(Birmingham Airport Authority) President and CEO Al Denson and the staff are continuing to work with officials to investigate, " said Gaynell Hendricks, the chairwoman of the authority's board.
Under the old police authority, there were seven staff members - but the new commission would have 10 extra posts.
She said the authority had since apologised to staff, offered to reimburse them for any additional costs and sent out the redundancy letters by email.
He said the problem started three years ago when the authority decided to move its staff from other offices to County Hall to save money.
Under the old police authority, there were seven staff members.
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So it is also true that he is fully capable, wherever he is, of exercising his authority and engaging with his staff here, with the administration, with members of Congress from abroad.
Consultation on the plans has begun with dementia service staff, patients and their carers, the authority said.
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All other staff affected have either been redeployed in the authority or remained in their existing posts.
The authority currently employs 5, 500 staff and is proposing to reduce the number by 1, 000 over the next three years due to cuts to government grants.
He said retained firefighters performed a "cost-effective" and "integral" role, particularly in rural communities, and called on the local authority to do more to recruit staff.
She said the "failings were collective errors of judgment" and the local authority was reviewing its training for staff regarding the Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty safeguards.
The authority employs more than 8, 000 staff in the equivalent of 6, 300 full-time posts.
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