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Meeting: 16/02/2023 - Council (Item 182)

182 Pay Policy Statement 2023/2024 pdf icon PDF 145 KB

To receive and approve the Councils Pay Policy Statement, as recommended by the Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee (2 February 2023) (Minute 53 refers). The minutes and Pay Policy Statement are attached to the agenda.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Leader of the Council MOVED and Councillor McInnes SECONDED that the recommendations of the Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee be approved and that the Pay Policy Statement for 2023/24 (and consequential changes to the Council’s Constitution) as set out at Minute 53 of that Committee be endorsed and the Constitution amended accordingly.

 

The Motion was put to the vote and declared CARRIED.

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendations of the Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee held on 2 February 2023 relating to the adoption by the County Council of the proposed Pay Policy Statement for 2023/24.

 

The Leader of the Council MOVED and Councillor McInnes SECONDED that the recommendations of the Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee be approved and that the Pay Policy Statement for 2023/24 (and consequential changes to the Council’s Constitution) as set out at Minute 53 of that Committee be endorsed and the Constitution amended accordingly.

 

The Motion was put to the vote and declared CARRIED.

 


Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee (Item 53)

53 Pay Policy Statement 2023/2024 pdf icon PDF 145 KB

Report of the Head of Human Resources outlining the proposed Pay Policy Statement for 2023/2024, attached.

Decision:

RESOLVED that the revised Pay Policy Statement (Appendix 1 of the Report) for 2023/24 be endorsed and commended to the Council.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the Report of the Head of Human Resources which outlined the proposed Pay Policy Statement for 2023/2024.

 

The Pay Policy Statement, required under the Localism Act 2011, was a statutory requirement and should be reviewed annually.

 

The Pay Policy Statement currently specified that salaries for Chief Officers (Directors) and Heads of Service on Leadership Grades were fixed for the duration of the Policy and were to be reviewed annually by the Appointments, Remuneration and Chief Officer Conduct Committee.

 

The Pay Policy Statement also took account of the implications of the National Living Wage on the pay and grading structure, recruitment and retention difficulties and the changing nature of work and roles within the Council.

 

The Report highlighted that a Pay and Allowances Review continued to be conducted and that the statement did not reflect the 2023/4 national pay awards as this had not been agreed.

 

The Chief Executive Salary had been increased in 2022 to reflect external benchmarking information which had contributed to the increase in ratios, as detailed in 6.3 and 6.4 of the Statement, but was still within the acceptable range.

 

A new Interim and Consultants Section had been included in this year’s Report to provide transparency on the Council’s interim and consultant reward arrangements.

 

It was MOVED by Councillor Hart, SECONDED by Councillor Saywell and

 

RESOLVED that the revised Pay Policy Statement (Appendix 1 of the Report) for 2023/24 be endorsed and commended to the Council.



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