Issue - meetings

This report provides details of the Pay Policy Statement 2017/2018, which had been produced in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, for consideration and approval.

Discussion:

This report provided details of the Pay Policy Statement (PPS) for the financial year 2017/2018 in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. It was noted that the pay policy statement must be approved by a resolution of Full Council before it comes into force and had to be prepared and approved before 31 March 2017 for the following financial year.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been carried out on the PPS, as set out in

Appendix 2 to the report.

The Chairman of the Employment Matters Committee, Councillor Wicks,

supported by Councillor Carr, proposed the recommendation set out in the

report.

Decision:

The Council approved the Pay Policy Statement 2017/2018, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

Discussion:

The Assistant Head of HR introduced the report which provided the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2017/2018 in accordance with the Localism Act 2011.

A Member suggested that the correct job titles for the statutory posts of Monitoring Officer and Section 151 Officer should be included in the statement, which officers undertook to include.

Another member asked how the pay multiplier for the Council and the Hutton report measure (detailed at 3.5.1 (iv) of the report) compared to other local authorities.  Officers undertook to bring the comparisons to the next meeting of the Committee, once all local authorities had published their pay policy statements.

Decision:

The Committee noted the Pay Policy Statement 2017/18, as set out in Appendix One to the report and referred it to full Council for agreement.