Agenda item

[NOTE:

1.     Councillors L.R. Bowen, M. Charles, D.M. Cundy, T.A.J. Davies, E. Dole, D.C. Evans, J.S. Edmunds, R. Evans, S.J.G. Gilasbey, T.M. Higgins, P.M. Hughes, G. John, H.I. Jones, R. James, K. Madge and B.A.L. Roberts had earlier declared interests in this item and, left the meeting;

2.     All officers in attendance were deemed to have a personal interest in this item and left the meeting prior to its consideration with the exception of the People Services Manager who remained in the meeting to respond to any questions arising on the report and officers who were facilitating the webcasting of the meeting.

3.     As the Cabinet Member for Public Protection had declared an interest in this item and left the meeting, the People Services Manager presented the report on his behalf)

The People Services Manager, on behalf of the Cabinet Member for Public Protection, presented the report which outlined that, under the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 all Local Authorities were required to prepare a Pay Policy Statement which must be agreed and published by 1^st April every year. The Statement required the approval of full Council and had to set out the Authority’s policies for the financial year relating to the remuneration of its Chief Officers, its lowest paid employees and the relationship between the remuneration of its Chief Officers and its employees who were not Chief Officers.

The politically balanced Pay Policy Advisory Panel had had input into the formulation of the Pay Policy Statement and its recommendations had been incorporated into final document for approval by County Council.

The Council was advised that information was still being updated within the some of the appendicies, for example, the recent pay awards and those would be updated prior to the Statements’ publication.

RESOLVED that the Pay Policy Statement 2022/23 be approved in compliance with Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011