Agenda item

To consider a report for Members to approve Council Pay Policy for the municipal year 2015/2016 (copy to follow).

The Leader, Councillor Hugh Evans, presented the report (previously circulated).

The Localism Act 2011 required Local Authorities to prepare pay policy statements.  These statements must articulate an authority’s own policies towards a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce particularly its senior staff (or “chief officers”) and its lowest paid employees.  Pay Policy Statements must be approved by the Council on an annual basis, and published on the relevant website.

Discussion took place, and it was

RESOLVED that:

      I.          Council agree to the Pay Policy Statement for 2015/16

    II.          The Council will pay the national annual cost of living pay increases for Chief Officers as and when determined in accordance with current contractual requirements

  III.          A Remuneration Committee is set up to determine the pay and reward for the Council’s Senior Leadership Team which consists of the Directors and Heads of Service. 

  IV.          The Chief Executive can award an honorarium of up to 15% of the Head of Service’s substantive pay for a maximum period of 12 months, where they are required to carry out additional duties over and above their substantive post for a period of time.  This would normally be to cover for a long term absence; following a restructuring whereby responsibility for additional services has been given to the Head of Service; or responsibility for a large project outside of their normal portfolio.