Hertfordshire County Council will avoid compulsory redundancies “wherever possible” as part of its ongoing organisational resourcing review, councillors have been told. A team of consultants has already been brought in to look at staffing, processes and the use of technology at the authority. That work – designed to cut council costs by up to £16m a year – is expected to lead to a reduction in headcount of 400. At a meeting of the county council’s employment committee on Monday (February 26) councillors were told that compulsory redundancies would be avoided “wherever possible”. Updating counc…