Issue - meetings

To appoint an interim member of the Independent Remuneration Panel and to authorise the Interim Director of Corporate Services and Chairman of the Independent Remuneration Panel to recruit a permanent replacement member.

Council

AGREED

1.    That a letter be sent to Simon Harris thanking him, on behalf of the Council, for his work as a member of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

2.    That Jane Phillips be appointed as an interim Member of the Independent Remuneration Panel until a permanent member can be appointed.

3.    That the Interim Member be paid an allowance, pro rata of the annual rate of £200, for the months served on the Panel.

4.    That the Interim Director of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the IRP, be authorised to undertake a recruitment and selection process to identify a permanent member of the panel and to recommend a candidate for appointment.

The Council received the report of the Interim Director of Corporate Services which advised of the resignation of Simon Harris, one of the Council’s current Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) members, with immediate effect.  The report invited the Council to approve the appointment of Jane Phillips, who was a member of Cambridge City Council’s IRP, as an interim member of the IRP.  The Council was additionally invited to authorise the Interim Director of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the IRP, to undertake a recruitment and selection process to identify and recommend a permanent candidate for appointment.

In moving the recommendation in the report, the Leader of the Council paid tribute to Simon Harris for his work during his term of office as a member of the IRP and requested that a letter of thanks be sent on behalf of the Council.

Council, by affirmation

RESOLVED:

1.    That a letter be sent to Simon Harris thanking him, on behalf of the Council, for his work as a member of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

2.    That Jane Phillips be appointed as an interim Member of the Independent Remuneration Panel until a permanent member can be appointed.

3.    That the Interim Member be paid an allowance, pro rata of the annual rate of £200, for the months served on the Panel.

4.    That the Interim Director of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Chairman of the IRP, be authorised to undertake a recruitment and selection process to identify a permanent member of the panel and to recommend a candidate for appointment.