Agenda item

To present the council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 for approval.

Councillor Gillies moved and Councillor Aspden seconded a motion to approve the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 relating to the pay of the Council’s senior staff, and changes to the Chief Officer Pay Policy (including a community impact assessment)  to fulfil the requirements of Sections 38 – 43 of the Localism Act 2011.

On being put to vote, the motion was declared CARRIED and it was

Resolved:  (i)      That the motion in respect of the Pay Policy Statement for 2019/20 be approved.

(ii)      That the changes to the Chief Officer Pay Policy detailed in Appendix A of the Pay Policy Statement be noted and approved. 1

Reason:     In order to fulfil the requirements of Sections 38 – 43 of the Localism Act 2011 for the Council to produce and publish an annual policy statement that covers a number of matters concerning the pay of the Council’s senior staff, principally the Chief Officers and relationships with the pay of the rest of the workforce.