Council is requested to agree to the following recommendation of the Policy and Resources Committee held on 8 November 2023:

To approve the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2024-2025.

Minute extract and report are attached.

The third matter for approval was to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2024/25, as recommended by Policy and Resources Committee at its meeting on 8 November 2023.

On a motion by Councillor Paul Stuart, seconded by Councillor Angie Davies, it was –

Resolved – That the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2024/25 be approved.

The Assistant Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development introduced the report of the Director of Law and Governance, which provided the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25. The Statement was a requirement of the Localism Act 2011 and set out to provide transparency with regard to the Council’s approach to setting pay.

Following a query, the Assistant Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development confirmed that the Council would be compliant with any additional requirements to publish senior officer salaries, and that Chief Officer salaries were already published to the Council website.

Resolved – That Council be recommended to approve the Pay Policy Statement for the financial year 2024-2025.