Issue - meetings

The committee received a report from the Head of Human Resources which set out a draft Pay Policy Statement as required under the Localism Act.

In response to members’ questions the Head of Human Resources said the following:

i.             The Council’s pay scale consisted partly of the national pay scale and was partly locally determined pay grades.  The Council has chosen to use pay scales 1-9 and the Chief Executive and Directors had a separate pay scale.

ii.            It was identified under the current payment structure that for some shared services roles there was no pay scale which was appropriate for the job.  Therefore it was suggested that an additional pay scale 10 was introduced.

iii.           The Council had a rolling target for the number of apprenticeships that it was able to offer; currently the Council had 8 apprentices and were looking to recruit to 9.

Resolved (unanimously)

i.             To recommend to Council the draft Pay Policy Statement 2016/17 attached as Appendix 1 to the Officers report.

ii.            Noted that a review of senior officers salaries had been undertaken in 2015 and that no change to pay levels of the Chief Executive, Directors and Heads of Service on JNC1 and JNC2 were recommended as a result of the review.

iii.           To recommend to Council to delegate authority to the Head of Human Resources to implement the new Band 10.

iv.          To note the position on the chief officer pay award and received an update at the meeting.

v.           To recommend to Council to delegate authority to the Head of Human Resources to update the Pay Policy Statement 2016/17 should a Chief Executive and / or Chief Officer pay award be agreed.