Issue - meetings

(Technology and Support Services Portfolio Holder) To consider the attached report.

Mover: Councillor A Lion, Portfolio, Technology and Support Services

Councillor A Lion submitted a report regarding the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2018/19 which was required by Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 to be published each financial year. It specifically included the Council’s approach to its highest and lowest paid employees.

Report as first moved ADOPTED

            RESOLVED:

That, the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2018/19 attached as Appendix 1 to these minutes be adopted.

(Technology & Support Services Portfolio Holder) To consider the attached report (C-043-2017/18).

(1)        That the Pay Policy Statement for 2018/19, attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be recommended to the Council for approval.

In the absence of the Portfolio Holder for Technology & Support Services, who had tended his apologies for the meeting, the Portfolio Holder for Planning & Governance presented a report on the Pay Policy Statement for 2018/19.

The Portfolio Holder reported that Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011 required the Council to produce a Pay Policy Statement for each financial year setting out details of its remuneration policy. Specifically it should include the Council’s approach to its highest and lowest paid employees. The Statement drew on the Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector (Will Hutton 2011) and concerns over low pay.

Decision:

(1)        That the Pay Policy Statement for 2018/19, attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be recommended to the Council for approval.

Reasons for Decision:

To enable the Cabinet to comment on the Council’s Pay Policy Statement before it was approved by the Council.

Other Options Considered and Rejected:

To amend the content of the Statement prior to its approval by the Council.