Agenda and minutes

Councillor Jon Collins (leave)

Councillor Nicola Heaton (leave)

Councillor Nick McDonald (leave)

Councillor Roger Steel (other Council business)

None.

Of the meeting held 2 December 2014 (for confirmation)

The minutes of the public meeting held on 2 December 2014 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Report of Strategic Director of Organisational Transformation

Della Sewell, Employee Relations Manager, introduced the City Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2015-16 as required by the Localism Act. The policy sets out information on pay and conditions for chief officers in comparison to the bulk of the workforce employed on Local Government Scheme terms and conditions.

Ms Sewell made the following points:

(a)  There are 39 Chief Officers in post out of a total number of approximately 6,900 employees. This is slightly higher than last year’s figure, and is as a result of several acting-up arrangements being put in place. The report is based on figures from 31 October 2014;

(b)  The pay multiple of the average chief officer’s pay to that of non-chief officer average earnings is 1:4 and the ratio of the Chief Executive’s pay to that of Council non-chief officer average earnings is 1:7. These ratios remain unchanged from last year.

During discussion, the Committee made the following points:

(c)  Ms Sewell explained that the Pay Policy Statement met the statutory requirements of the Localism Act, and agreed with a Committee member that the Statement did not address recruitment of hard-to-fill vacancies in detail. However, there was some flexibility within the Pay Policy Statement to pay market supplements, and a separate piece of work was under way to address difficulties in recruiting to specific posts;

(d)  In response to a query from a Committee member, Lynn Robinson, HR Business Partner advised that entry-level recruitment of social workers is not a significant issue, but there has been difficulty in retaining more experienced social work professionals.

RESOLVED to note the Nottingham City Council Pay Policy Statement for 2015-16 which will be presented to the Full Council meeting on 26 January 2015.

To consider excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items in accordance with section 100a(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest disclosing the information.

RESOLVED to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, as defined in paragraphs 1,2,3,4 and 5 of Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Act.

Of the meeting held on 2 December 2014 (for confirmation)

The exempt minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2014 were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Report of Director for Adult Social Care

Helen Jones, Director of Adult Social Care, presented the report on Adult Social Care restructure proposals designed to deliver the transformation required to better support and safeguard vulnerable adults and create competitive internal services at a time of shrinking resources and increased demand.

RESOLVED to approve the recommendations set out in the report.