Decision details

            The Cabinet Member for Leisure and Corporate Services, and the Group Director, Business Transformation submitted a joint report concerning a proposed Swindon Borough Council Pay Policy Statement for 2012/13.

            Councillor Keith Williams, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Corporate Services, explained that Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011 required each local authority to agree and publish a Pay Policy Statement by 1^st April each year, starting in 2012. The joint report set out the Council’s proposed Pay Policy Statement 2012/13 for consideration prior to its submission to the Council for approval. The Policy Statement had been prepared with regard to the statutory requirements and Guidance.

            Resolved – (1) That the Council’s proposed Pay Policy Statement for 2012/13, as set out in Appendix A to the joint report, be noted.

            (2) That the Group Director, Business Transformation, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Leisure and Corporate Service, be authorised to submit the Pay Policy Statement to the Council for approval, taking into account any further Guidance received prior to its consideration by the Council.

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