Governance Committee
MINUTES of a meeting of the Governance Committee held at Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes on 13 December 2022.
PRESENT Councillors Keith Glazier (Chair), Nick Bennett, Chris Collier, Rupert Simmons and David Tutt
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ALSO PRESENT |
Councillors Johnny Denis, Stephen Shing and Trevor Webb |
29. Minutes of the meeting held on 8 November 2022
29.1 RESOLVED – that the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee held on 8 November 2022 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.
30. Reports
30.1 Copies of the reports referred to below are included in the minute book.
31. LMG Managers Pay Offer 2022/2023
31.1 The Governance Committee considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer on the LMG Managers Pay 2022/23.
31.2 The Governance Committee RESOLVED to agree the pay award for LMG Managers for the financial year 2022/23 to mirror the national (NJC) award, as set out in paragraph 1.1 of the report.
32. Chief Executive, Chief Officers' and Deputy Chief Officers' Pay 2022/23
[The Chief Executive, Chief Officers and Deputy Chief officers present at the meeting left the meeting prior to consideration of this item]
32.1 The Governance Committee considered a report by the Assistant Director, Human Resources and Organisation Development on the pay award for the Chief Executive, Chief Officers and Deputies for 2022/23.
32.2 The following amendment was moved by Councillor Tutt and seconded:
The pay award for the Chief Executive, Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers for the financial year 2022/23 should be frozen (0% pay award)
32.3 The amendment was lost (by 3 votes to 2)
32.4 The Committee RESOLVED (by 3 votes to 2) to agree the pay award for the Chief Executive, Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers for the for the financial year 2022/23 to mirror the national (NJC and JNC) pay awards.
[Councillors Chris Collier and David Tutt voted against the above resolution]
33. Quarterly Scrutiny Report
33.1 The Governance Committee considered a report giving an overview of scrutiny activity being undertaken by the People, Place and Health Overview Scrutiny Committees and an update on the work of the Audit Committee.
33.2 The Committee RESOLVED to:
1) note the updates on scrutiny and Audit Committee activity and the current work programmes at appendices 1-4 of the report;
2) agree to receive update reports on a six monthly basis in future.
34. Non Attendance Report
34.1
The Governance Committee considered a report on
whether to grant a dispensation to Councillor Collier in relation
to his non-attendance at meetings of the authority.
34.2 The Committee RESOLVED to note the report.