Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

To consider and approve the draft Pay Policy Statement 2020/21,

RESOLVED:

(1)       That Paragraph 3.11 of the Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 be amended to read “Returning Officer/counting officer fees are paid by the parish, North Herts District Council or the Government and are payable to the Returning Officer in respect of Elections and referendums.”:

(2)       That, subject to the amendment in (1) above, the 2020/21 Pay Policy Statement attached at Appendix 1 be endorsed;

(3)       That revisions made in year to the Pay Policy Statement, be delegated to the Corporate Human Resources Manager, in consultation with the Leader. Revisions which might arise in the year include changes in structure, changes to employment benefits, subsequent pay awards agreed nationally and new legislative requirements.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To comply with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011, Statutory Guidance issued under s40 and the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.

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The Leader of the Council presented the report entitled Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 together with the following appendix:

·                Appendix 1 - North Herts District Council Draft Pay Policy Statement 2020/21.

He advised that Paragraph 3.11 of the Statement should be amended to read “Returning Officer/counting officer fees are paid by the parish, North Herts District Council or the Government and are payable to the Returning Officer in respect of Elections and referendums.”

It was proposed by Councillor Martin Stears-Handscomb, seconded by Councillor Paul Clark and:

RESOLVED:

(1)       That Paragraph 3.11 of the Pay Policy Statement 2020/21 be amended to read “Returning Officer/counting officer fees are paid by the parish, North Herts District Council or the Government and are payable to the Returning Officer in respect of Elections and referendums.”:

(2)       That, subject to the amendment in (1) above, the 2020/21 Pay Policy Statement attached at Appendix 1 be endorsed;

(3)       That revisions made in year to the Pay Policy Statement, be delegated to the Corporate Human Resources Manager, in consultation with the Leader. Revisions which might arise in the year include changes in structure, changes to employment benefits, subsequent pay awards agreed nationally and new legislative requirements.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To comply with the requirements of Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011, Statutory Guidance issued under s40 and the Local Government Transparency Code 2015.