Meeting documents
General Purposes Committee
Monday, 23 November 2009
general purposes committee
MINUTES of the Meeting held in the Council Chamber, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne on Monday 23rd November 2009 from 7:00 pm to 9:22 pm.
Present: Councillor Bowles (Chairman), Councillor Gerry Lewin (Vice-Chairman), Councillors Mike Cosgrove, Duncan Dewar-Whalley, Nicholas Hampshire (substitute for Councillor David Simmons), Harrison, Elvina Lowe, Pat Sandle and Worrall.
Officers Present: Philippa Davies, Mark Radford and Dena Smart.
Also In Attendance: Councillor Mike Henderson.
Apologies: Councillor David Simmons.
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election of chairmanRESOLVED:
(1) That Councillor Bowles be elected Chairman for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2009/10. |
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election of vice-chairmanRESOLVED:
(1) That Councillor Gerry Lewin be elected Vice-Chairman for the remainder of the Municipal Year 2009/10. |
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declarations of interestNo interests were declared. |
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terms of referenceThe Corporate Services Director confirmed that the Terms of Reference for the General Purposes Committee had been agreed at Council on 14th October 2009 and were tabled for Members' information. |
part b minutes for information |
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pension discretionsThe Interim Head of Organisational Development introduced her report which set out the need to update Swale Borough Council's (SBC) policy on the employer discretions within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). She explained that the discretionary pension policies at SBC were last updated in 2006.
Interim Head of Organisational Development
RESOLVED:
(1) That the amended Pension Discretions be agreed, with the inclusion of 'exceptional circumstances' to Regulation 14(3)(b). |
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exclusion of the press and publicRESOLVED:
(1) That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act. |
part b minutes for information |
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pay and reward consultation documentThe Interim Head of Organisational Development introduced her report which gave a background and summarised the findings of a review of pay and rewards for Officers at Swale Borough Council. She set out the current situation and the need for change, in particular in respect of the existing pay scales and the implications of equal pay. She gave a presentation to Members to ensure they had all received the same information. RESOLVED:
(1) That Members agree that the Briefing and Consultation Document be used as the basis for the Chief Executive to reach an agreement with the Trade Unions, including the proposed variances, and that any variances required to the proposals are agreed in consultation with the Leader and are subject to ratification by the General Purposes Committee. |
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