Agenda and minutes

Apologies had been received from Councillor McLoughlin.

It was noted that Councillor Hemsley was substituting for Councillor McLoughlin.

There were no urgent items.

The Head of HR Shared Service disclosed an interest on behalf of all members of staff in relation to Agenda Item 7 - Report of the Chief Executive – Pay Scale Changes.

There were no disclosures of lobbying.

RESOLVED:  That the Part II agenda item be taken in private as proposed.

RESOLVED: That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business because of the likely disclosure of exempt information for the reason specified, having applied the public interest test:-

  Head of Schedule 12 A and

  Brief Description

Report of the Chief Executive -   Paragraph 4 – Labour Relations

Proposed Pay Scale Changes

Members considered the exempt report of the Chief Executive on Pay Scale Changes.

This was a revised report following the meeting of the Committee held on 29 January 2016 in which Members had asked for further clarification.

Members had requested more options for consideration and the revised report had provided three clear options.

RESOLVED:

1)  That a pay policy of reflecting the HAY median for all grades be agreed;

Voting:  For:  12  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0

2)  That pay scale option 3, as set out in Appendix V to the report of the Chief Executive, be agreed and should be used as a basis for negotiation with the trade union; and

Voting:  For:  12  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0

3)  That Policy and Resources Committee be advised of the Committee’s decision, together with the financial consequences, by way of a verbal update by the Head of Finance and Resources at their next meeting.

Voting:  For:  11  Against:  0  Abstentions:  1

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.