Agenda and minutes

Appointments and Conditions of Service Committee
Tuesday, 8th December, 2015 2.00 pm

Venue: LB 32 - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions

Contact: Zena West Email: zena.west@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
32.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Councillor Georgina Culley – unwell Councillor Sam Webster – Other Council Business
33.	DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS Minutes: None
34.	MINUTES PDF 95 KB To confirm the minutes of the last meeting held 3 November 2015 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 3 November were agreed and signed by the Chair.
35.	PAY POLICY STATEMENT 2016/17 PDF 199 KB Report of the Strategic Director of Organisational Transformation Additional documents: Pay Policy Statement 1617 , item 35. PDF 650 KB Appendix 1 , item 35. PDF 48 KB Appendix 2 , item 35. PDF 162 KB Appendix 3 , item 35. PDF 153 KB Appendix 4 , item 35. PDF 137 KB There are a further 6 documents.View the full list of documents for item 35. Minutes: Gail Keen, HR Consultant, presented a report to the Committee on the Pay Policy Statement 2016/17, highlighting the following points: (a) the Pay Policy Statement is an annual document produced as a requirement of the Localism Act; (b) the pay ratio between the average Chief Officer and the average non Chief Officer has reduced since last year’s report. This is down to an increase in the Living Wage, and an update to the Chief Officer structure, which has resulted in more posts being defined as Chief Officer; (c) there are 52 Chief Officer posts, up from 35 last year; (d) there is an ongoing discussion at the moment regarding pay structure, a further report will be brought to a future meeting of the Appointments and Conditions or Service Committee if there are any further changes as a result of these discussions. RESOLVED to note the Council’s Pay Policy Statement for 2016/17 which will be presented to the Full Council meeting on 18 January 2016.
36.	EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC 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 in disclosing the information. Minutes: 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.
37.	PAY AND REWARD REVIEW UPDATE Minutes: Bridget Donoghue, Head of Human Resources, presented an update on the Pay and Reward Review to the Committee. RESOLVED to thank Bridget for the update, and note the contents.
38.	Corporate Director of Resilience - Working Arrangements View the reasons why item 38. is restricted Report of the Chief Executive Minutes: The Chair of the Committee agreed that this item, although not on the original agenda, could be considered as a matter of urgency in accordance with Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, because the arrangements are due to start before the next meeting of the Appointments and Conditions of Service Committee, and cannot start without the agreement of the Committee. Ian Curryer, Chief Executive, presented a report on the Corporate Director of Resilience’s working arrangements to the Committee. RESOLVED to approve the recommendations as set out in the exempt report.