Cllr. Fleming moved and Cllr. Mrs Davison seconded that the Pay Policy Statement be adopted by the Council and published on the Council’s website.  In moving the recommendation, the Leader highlighted that the Pay Policy Statement set out in the report was a requirement of the Localism Act and that the information it contained was in accordance with the primary legislation.  For Sevenoaks District Council it bought together in one place information about the pay of officers and that the information had been available on the Council’s website and in the Statement of Accounts.  The Government had belatedly issued final guidance related to Pay Policy Statements on Friday 17^th February 2012, and in light of this the Leader recommended to Members that any minor and consequential amendments to the Policy to reflect the emerging Government guidance be delegated to the Leader (in agreement with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Value for Money).

The report outlined that as part of the Localism Act 2011 there was a requirement for Local Authorities to publish a Pay Policy Statement by 31 March 2012.  The Pay Policy Statement is required to set out the authority’s policies relating to the remuneration of each of its chief officers, the remuneration of its lowest paid employees and the relationship between the two.

Resolved that the Pay Policy Statement be adopted and published on the Council’s website and that any minor and consequential amendments to the Policy to reflect the emerging Government guidance be delegated to the Leader (in agreement with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Value for Money).