To consider the submitted report on the annual review of the Council’s Pay Policy Statement and Pensions Discretions.

The Council considered the submitted report setting out the Council’s Annual Pay Policy Statement as required under Section 38(1) of the Localism Act 2011.  It was noted that the Pay Policy Statement drew together the Council’s overarching policies on pay and conditions which would be published on the Council’s website.  The report also set out the annual review of pensions discretions as required by the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations.

Councillor Mills proposed and Councillor Darling (S) seconded a motion, which was agreed (unanimously) by the Council as set out below:

(i)    that the Torbay Council Annual Pay Policy Statement 2017/18, as set out at Appendix 2 to the submitted report, be approved;  and

(ii)   that the Employers Pensions Discretions set out in Appendix 3 to the submitted report be approved.