Issue - meetings

To approve the Council’s Pay Policy Statement 2020/21.

The attached report on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 was considered by the Cabinet on 5^th February 2020.

Cabinet Minute 68 relating to this report is attached. (Page 173)

The Council considered (a) a joint report of the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Operational Excellence and the Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, on the requirement, under Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011, for the Council to agree and publish a Pay Policy Statement by 1^st April each year, and setting out the Council’s proposed Pay Policy Statement for consideration, (b) Minute 68 of the Cabinet (Pay Policy Statement), and (c) the Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement.

Councillor Keith Williams moved and Councillor Russell Holland seconded:

“That the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2020/21, as set out in Appendix 1 of the joint report be approved and adopted.”

The resolution was put to the vote and declared carried.

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Organisational Excellence along with the Director Human Resources & Organisational Development submitted a report as the Localism Act 2011 requires local authorities to agree and publish a Pay Policy Statement by 1st April each year. The joint report sets out the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2020 / 2021 for consideration by Cabinet, prior to referral to Full Council for approval.

Councillor Williams introduced the joint report, reminding Members that this was a statutory requirement.  Councillor Williams drew attention to the detailed information in the appendix about staff, ethnicity, grades, and pay. Councillor Russell Holland, Cabinet Member for Finance, and Skills, spoke in support of the recommendations noting that report refutes misconceptions about the number of staff and levels of pay.

Resolved – (1) That the review of Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2020 / 2021, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be noted.

(2) (Minute for Confirmation) That the Pay Policy Statement be recommended to Council for approval, and, if approved, that the Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development be authorised to update the salary information on 1^st April 2020 prior to publication.

The reasons for the decision and alternative options are as set out in the report to the meeting.

To approve the Council’s Pay Policy Statement 2019/20/.

The attached report on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement 2019/20 was considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on 6^th February 2019.

Cabinet Minute 60 relating to this report is attached. (Page 207)

The Council considered (a) a joint report of the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Customer Services and the Director of Performance, Organisational improvement and Communications, on the requirement, under Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011, for the Council to agree and publish a Pay Policy Statement by 1^st April each year, and setting out the Council’s proposed Pay Policy Statement for consideration, (b) Minute 60 of the Cabinet (Pay Policy Statement), and (c) the Council’s draft Pay Policy Statement.

Councillor Keith Williams moved and Councillor Russell Holland seconded:

“That the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20, as set out in Appendix 1 of the joint report be approved and adopted.”

The Motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

Councillor Keith Williams, the Cabinet Member for Corporate and Customer Services, and the Director of Performance, Organisational Improvement and Communications, submitted a joint report setting out the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2019 / 2020 for consideration by Cabinet, prior to referral to Full Council for approval.

It was noted that the Localism Act 2011 requires local authorities to agree and publish a Pay Policy Statement by 1^st April each year.

Councillor Williams, supported by the Corporate Director, Communities and Housing, responded to a matter raised by Councillor Bob Wright regarding an apparent disparity in the levels of remuneration in some service areas, when compared with neighbouring authorities, and the difficulties that this can present when recruiting to vacant posts.

Resolved – That Council be recommended to approve the Pay Policy Statement, and, if approved, to authorise the Director of Performance, Organisational Improvement and Communications to update the salary information on 1st April 2019 prior to publication.

The reasons for the decision and alternative options are as set out in the report to the meeting.