To receive the report of the General Purposes Committee recommending Full Council adopt the Pay Policy Statement for 2017/18.

The Council considered the report of the General Purposes Committee recommending Full Council adopt the Pay Policy Statement for 2017/18.

Following debate, the recommendations were put to the vote and were unanimously agreed.

DECISION:

1.               That the Pay Policy Statement 2017/18 be agreed.

 (Action by:  Zena Cooke, Corporate Director, Resources)

The Council considered the report of the General Purposes Committee recommending Full Council adopt the Pay Policy Statement for 2017/18.

Following debate, the recommendations were put to the vote and were unanimously agreed. Accordingly it was

RESOLVED:

1.               That the Pay Policy Statement 2017/18 be agreed.

To recommend to Full Council a Pay Policy Statement for 2017/18.

Stuart Young, Interim Divisional Director, HR and Transformation, introduced the report. Mr Young drew the Committee’s attention to the key changes in the 2017/18 Pay Policy Statement since its previous publication and other general developments affecting the Council’s staffing and pay arrangements, as set out in the report.

In response to questions from members, officers agreed to provide the Committee with:

      i.        More detail on the travel allowance referred to in section 5 of the 2017/18 Pay Policy Statement.

    ii.        Proposals for the most effective way to publish exit payment details as referred to in paragraph 3.32 of the report.

   iii.        The pay multiple benchmarking data referred to in paragraph 3.10 of the report.

RESOLVED that the Committee:

1.    Recommend that Full Council agrees the draft Pay Policy Statement 2017/18.

2.    Agree that if any minor changes to the 2017/18 pay policy statement are required as a result of future government guidance or a Local Government Transparency Code 2016, these amendments be delegated to the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Divisional Director (HR and Transformation), the Chair of the GP Committee and the Monitoring Officer. Should any fundamental changes be required, the pay policy statement will be sent back to the GP Committee for consideration.