Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Manager for People, Governance and Waste complying  with the legislative requirements of the Localism Act 2011 relating to senior pay in particular the role of the Chief Executive, Directors and other senior officers. The Localism Act 2011 requires an annually published Pay Policy which has been adopted by the full Council.

The Cabinet had before it a * report of the Corporate Manager for People, Governance and Waste complying with the legislative requirements of the Localism Act 2011 relating to senior pay in particular the role of the Chief Executive, Directors and other senior officers.

Responding to a question raised in public question time with regard to a retention payment being made, the Leader stated that: the retention payment was made to retain a critical member of the Leadership Team at a time when the Council was about to lose a number of staff to an adjacent local authority, given that that authority’s pay bands for that equivalent post were significantly higher than Mid Devon’s as a result of its enlarged size due to a merger of two authorities

The Cabinet Member for the Working Environment and Support Services outlined the contents of the report stating that the Pay Policy appended to the report was to be noted as a draft, pending formal review by both management team, unions and the staff consultative group.  The Pay Policy would be approved at the Joint Negotiation and Consultative Committee which she attended.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Reason for the decision: The Localism Act 2011 requires an annually published Pay Policy which has been adopted by the full Council.

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes