Agenda and minutes

County Councillor John Fillis replaced County Councillor A Ali at this meeting.

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Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

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To be confirmed, and signed by the chair.

Resolved:  That the Minutes of the meetings held on 22 and 23 January 2018 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered a report on the County Council's draft pay policy statement for 2018/19.

It was noted that the Localism Act 2011 required local authorities to prepare a pay policy statement each year.  The statement must articulate the authority's approach to a range of issues relating to the pay of its workforce, particularly its chief officers and its lowest paid employees. The Full Council was required to approve the statement prior to it coming into force. 

A copy of the draft pay policy statement including the proposed Living Wage for 2018/19 was presented at Appendix 'A'.  Details of the changes to the 2018/19 pay policy statement were presented.

Resolved: 

That Full Council be recommended to approve:

(i)  the annual adjustment to the Living Wage for centrally employed staff for 2018/19, as set out at Appendix 'A'.

(ii)  the 2018/19 pay policy statement, as set out at Appendix 'A'.

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

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The next meeting of the Committee will be held on Monday 12 March 2018 at 2.00 p.m. at County Hall, Preston.

It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee would be held on Monday 12 March 2018 at 2.00 p.m. at County Hall, Preston.

The Committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

Resolved: That the press and members of the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

(Not for publication – exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Part 1 of schedule 12a to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information).

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interests in disclosing the information).

The Committee considered a report which set out the GRLOL pay and recognition of services proposals as agreed and recommended by the GRLOL Board in December 2017.

Resolved:  That, subject to trade union and employee consultation, the implementation of the pay proposal and recognition of service entitlement, as recommended by the GRLOL Board and set out in the report, be approved with effect from 1January 2018.