Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Chief Executive recommending Hampshire County Council’s Pay Statement for the financial year 2019/20, following consultation with the Employment in Hampshire County Council Committee.

The Council considered a report from the Employment in Hampshire County Council (EHCC) Committee (Item 10 in the Minute Book), as presented by Councillor Stephen Reid in his capacity as Chairman of the EHCC Committee, which sought approval of the County Council’s Pay Statement for the financial year 2019/20 as set out in the Annex and Appendix A to the report. Councillor Reid reported that the County Council is required to prepare and publish its Pay Statement on an annual basis and commended the draft Pay Statement to the Council.

RESOLVED:

That the County Council approve the Pay Statement for 2019/20 as detailed at the Appendix to this Report, and agrees that EHCC Committee remains the appropriate Committee to agree Chief Officer renumeration for Chief Officers above Grade K, including individual salary offers in respect of any new Chief Officer appointments, any changes to Chief Officer salaries after appointment and any severance packages for Chief Officers leaving the County Council, in accordance with the Pay Statement.