Agenda item

The Chair advised that there was a Part 2 element to this report that detailed 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd tier officers who had left the council between March and August 2011.  The Committee agreed to consider this issue in Part 1 and not refer to any detailed information that could be classed as Part 2 in the discussion.  Councillor Stokes argued that none of the information in the Part 2 papers was strictly Part 2 and that he intended to divulge it to his group members.  The Committee was advised that the information in the Part 2 item included information on the reasons for each officer leaving which could be regarded as personal to those officers.  The exemption requirements also required information to be excluded if the debate was likely to disclose Part 2 information.  The Committee agreed to leave the Part 2 information in the confidential part of the meeting. 

Councillor Stokes indicated his concern about senior officers retiring early and being re-engaged at some later stage.  He believed the Committee needed to know the salary, pension and redundancy costs of the Officers. 

Other members of the Committee were satisfied that salary bands were clearly published on the Council’s website and payments had not been enhanced in recent years.  It was noted that there was an overall saving being demonstrated by the early retirement of senior officers.

Resolved – That the report be noted.