Issue - meetings

That:

·         The report is agreed.

Councillor Giles-Medhurst moved the recommendation to approve and publish the Council Pay Policy Statement 2026. The motion was seconded by Councillor Nelmes.

In introducing the item, it was noted that the Pay Policy Statement was a statutory requirement.

During debate concern was raised that the report had not been discussed in detail at committee stage and that the list of posts subject to market factor supplements did not include traffic engineers. It was suggested that recruitment difficulties in this area were well established and that without appropriate market supplements the Council would struggle to deliver its parking programme commitments.

On being put to the vote, the motion was declared CARRIED by the Chair, the voting being 23 votes for, 10 votes against.