Policy and Strategy Committee

Thursday 19 December 2002 at 4.00 pm

Present:  Provost Roach, Councillors Blair, McGhee, Mitchell, Morrison (M), O'Rourke, Rebecchi, Robertson (A) and Robertson (Y).

Chair:  Councillor O’Rourke presided.

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Depute Chief Executive and Mr G Douglas (for Director of Legal & Support Services).

Apologies:  Councillors Calvert, Jackson and McCabe.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Chief Officers Review and Management Structure

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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive advising on the outcome of a review of salaries of Chief Officials and setting out his review of the management structure with recommendations thereon.

The Committee agreed following a vote that the matter be remitted to the Chief Executive for a more detailed report on the costs and implications of a review to reflect the comments made by Councillors O’Rourke, Mitchell and Blair in the course of the discussion, all as detailed in the Appendix.